Historic Preservation Commission

Main Street Montrose -MCHS

The Historic Preservation Commission was established under the city's Historic Preservation ordinance. The Commission:

  • Conducts surveys and creates inventories of historic sites, properties, and areas for the purpose of defining those of historic significance
  • Reviews and determines qualifications of buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts nominated for designation and makes recommendations to the City Council
  • Recommends to the City Council the establishment of construction and design standards
  • Reviews and make recommendations on any application for alteration, relocation, or demolition of a designated asset that may affect the character or integrity of the designated property 
  • Advises and assists owners on physical and financial aspects of preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction, including nomination to the city's Register of Historic Places, the State Register of Historic Properties, and the National Register of Historic Places
  • Develops and assists in public education programs on history and historic preservation
  • Actively pursues financial assistance for preservation-related programs
  • Drafts and recommends for adoption by the City Council such by-laws, operating policies and other rules of procedure as the Commission may deem appropriate

Learn more about the city's Register of Historic Places and how to apply 

Learn more about the history of Montrose

Members

The Commission is appointed by the City Council. At least 60% of its members are residents of the city and at least 40% are professionals or individuals with extensive expertise in a preservation-related discipline, including but not limited to history, architecture, landscape architecture, American studies, American civilization, cultural geography, cultural anthropology, planning or archaeology.

Members serve three-year, staggered terms from the date of their appointment. A chairperson presides over the commission's meetings, one member serves as the vice-chairperson, and one member serves as secretary. The members so designated serve in these capacities for terms of one year. 

Notices will be published when the city is seeking applicants for Commission vacancies. Individuals interested in serving on the Commission must complete an application and submit it to the City Clerk by the published deadline. Download the Historic Preservation Commission Application.

Meeting Agendas, Packets, and Minutes

Meeting materials for the Historic Preservation Commission and other city boards are posted regularly on the city's Public Meetings Portal. 

Please see the City of Montrose Archive Center for meeting packets, agendas, and minutes for Historic Preservation Commission meetings held prior to November 23, 2021.

Plans and Surveys

Download the Montrose Historic Resources Survey Plan Opens in new window

Download the Historic Resources Survey Plan

Download the Montrose Tortilla Flats Historical Context and Survey Report Opens in new window

Download the Tortilla Flats/La Raza Park Historical Context and Survey Report