Historic homes in Carlsbad

The Improvement must be at least 50 years old, or have achieved significance within the past 50 years, and exhibit one or more of the following attributes:

That the proposed exterior work will be compatible with the external appearance of existing improvements on the property or within the historic district, if applicable;

For a period of 90 calendar days beginning upon the date the notice of hearing is deposited in the mail, the property owner and/or any authorized representative of the property for which a historic designation application is pending shall be prohibited from undertaking any alteration, construction, grading, demolition or removal of the nominated historic resource, except ordinary repair and maintenance, and no permit to undertake such work shall be issued by the city.

If no final action has been taken as to the historic resource designation within the 90-day period, these restrictions shall expire unless the Commission, with the consent of the property owner and/or any authorized representative, elects to continue its consideration of the property for historic resource designation.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the construction, grading, alteration, demolition or removal of any structure or other feature, where a permit for the performance of such work was issued prior to the date that the property owner filed the historic resource designation application with the city, and where such permit has not expired or been canceled or revoked, provided that construction is started and diligently pursued to completion in accordance with this code.