Comment 85360

By gary buttrum (anonymous) | Posted January 21, 2013 at 11:22:07 in reply to Comment 85356

aside from the fact that there are already grants and loans available to assist in the restoration of these buildings, these incentives must be balanced by strong protection of built heritage with designation.
i am not suggesting that we force the owner to renovate his building. i, and we as a city should, simply ask that the structures, in addition to abiding by property standards every property owner is expected to adhere to, not be demolished. it is the same understanding that the city, and by extension the taxpayers, have a responsibility to the property owner to maintaing and not remove the surrounding infrastructure, like roads, sidewalks, sewers, schools, and parks that make the owners building valuable. this is the implicit deal that all of us enter into when we undertake to live in an organized society.
it is a dangerous precedent to reward every property owner who threatens to reduce part of our city's built heritage to rubble, instead we should use both the existing incentives and more importantly the underused heritage designations to in a balanced way protect the integrity of our shared urban environment.

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