Salem, OR Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

An application for designation must be filed as a Type IV land use application under SRC chapter 300 and include a narrative describing the resource's significant features and connected people or events, a site plan, current photographs of every elevation and significant feature, copies of any historical photographs, plans, or maps, and any documentation demonstrating significance. To be granted, the resource must be at least 50 years old, or demonstrate exceptional significance if younger, and show cultural, human, or architectural significance plus enough retained integrity of original design, craft, or material to represent an architectural period or style.

020, whether the work is a remodel, an addition, moving the structure, or demolition. 010(f) lets an owner refuse consent to designation at any point before it is final, which removes the property from consideration entirely. But that refusal is not free: the code freezes any permit for demolishing or modifying the property for 120 days following the date of the refusal, giving the City and preservation groups a window to pursue other protective measures. 010(d) criteria or, for pre-1995 designations, was imposed over the owner's objection.