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Residents who want their neighborhoods to establish an HPOZ must go through a lengthy application process, said Ken Bernstein, manager of the Office of Historic Resources in the city's planning department.
It starts with a historical survey of an area to classify each property as contributing or not contributing to the historic district. The surveys, he noted, are voluminous and are often stumbling blocks for neighborhoods.
Surveys cost roughly $100 or more per parcel of land, so surveying a potential historic district...