June 2024| Vol. 21 Iss. 6
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‘AT THIS PACE, WE WON’T HAVE ANY LEFT’ FUTURE PRESERVATION IN HOLLADAY CONCERNS CITY’S HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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By Rebecca Olds | rebecca.o@thecityjournals.com
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istorical preservation of city sites within Holladay has been a war for far longer than Kim Duffy expected. “At this pace, we won’t have any left,” Duffy said. Duffy is the vice chair of Holladay’s Historical Commission. She said five homes originally belonging to Holladay City founders have been torn down in the last four years following significant efforts to save them. The Brinton home was torn down in February as the latest casualty. In response to proposed amendments that would alter the city’s preservation ordinance were brought up by the Holladay City Council in April, members of the Historical Commission used the opportunity to give their input. The current ordinance, and now its proposed amendments, has received scrutiny not only from the city’s historical commission but by the larger organization Preservation Utah, which called it a “dormant” ordinance that hasn’t done enough to save historic sites in the area. The controversy surrounding the ordinance has been years in the making. A controversial ordinance The Brinton Home, located at 4880 S. Highland Circle in Holladay, was torn down in February to make room for townhomes. (Courtesy Kim Duffy)
Even before the proposed amendments, Holladay’s historical preservation ordinance had received scrutiny from Preservation Utah, which was the first statewide historic preservation organization in the western United States. The statewide organization posted a picture of a local historic site with the caption, “Holladay currently has a preservation ordinance, but it went dormant many years ago. We hope that this listing will help motivate Holladay City to adopt a working preservation ordinance.” David Amott, former president of Preservation Utah and previous Holladay resident, said the current ordinance and its amendments aren’t sufficient to protect homes and pale in comparison to other more active preservation ordinances in the state. Amott lived in Holladay and included his grandparent’s home on the national historic registry, but failed to add it to the city registry. He applied to put it on the city’s historic registry when invited by city staff and waited half a year. But, after several more attempts, he gave up. What are the amendments to Holladay’s preservation ordinance? The proposed amendments designate the city council as the “Land Use Authority” and allows them Continued page 4
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