Historic Preservation Ordinance Draft & Mills Act Guidelines RELEASED – Your Voice Matters!

The City’s draft Historic Preservation Ordinance is now available. This document also includes the organization of a Historic Resources Committee (name still TBD) which will replace the Design Review Committee. Also to be discussed/reviewed are the Mills Act Program Guidelines.  

Review the Preservation Ordinance draft here and 

View OTPA’s comment matrix containing our recommendations following meetings with Community Development staff and Chattel, the City’s preservation consultant. 

View the Mills Act Guidelines here.

Please join us at the Design Review Committee meeting on Wednesday, August 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Orange Council Chambers at City Hall. Whether you speak, or simply attend, your presence with us will demonstrate the community’s commitment to protecting Orange’s historic character and ensuring this ordinance gets it right.