Process for Demolishing, Reconstructing or Relocating

 a Round Rock (RR) Historic Structure

 

Stagecoach Inn (currently French Quarter Restaurant, Round Rock, TX)

The City of Round Rock requires the owner of a historic property to submit a Request for Certificate of Appropriateness to the City’s Zoning Administrator when an owner want to demolish, reconstruct¸ alter, or relocate a historic structure (such as the Old Statecoach Inn at 901 Round Rock Avenue). 

The Round Rock Building Inspector will not issue a Demolition Permit on a historic structure until they receive approval for demolition from the RR Historic Preservation Commission.

Procedures for processing a Request for Certificate of Appropriateness by the City Zoning Administrator and the City Historic Preservation Commission are outlined in RR City Ordinance, Section 46-99 (Certificate of Appropriateness for Building Permits, Exterior Modifications, or Demolition).  The RR City Ordinances are posted on line at their website (look at info under Plan & Dev Svc, Historic Preservation).

The Zoning Administrator has authority to approve routine requests; however, requests for demolition, reconstruction, or relocation are usually forwarded to the RR Historic Preservation Commission along with the Planning Administrator’s recommendation. The RR HP Commission must make a decision not more than 30 days after the application is filed with the city. 

The RR Historic Preservation Commission are citizens appointed to the Commission by the City Council.

The decision on a Request for Demolition of a historic structure is usually to postpone the action for not more than 120 days to give commissioners and interested parties time to explore alternations to demolition.    At the end of the postponement period, the RR HP Commission will either approve or disapprove the Request for Certificate of Appropriateness.

Individuals can appeal the RR HP Commission’s decision; however, the appeal must be submitted within 15 days of the date of the RR HP Commission Decision. 

City Council always has the option to donate the structure to a nonprofit organization, sell the structure, and will also consider the potential for renovation and continue use of the structure.