CODES/GUIDELINES
How To Use This Guide These design guidelines prescribe desirable and acceptable architectural practice for new residential construction in the redeveloping Beall's Hill neighborhood. These guidelines differ from the Historic District Design Guidelines used for changes to existing construction in this neighborhood and for all changes in Macon's other historic districts. The differences include more specific design criteria and alterations to the guideline format as well as the review process. The purpose of these changes is to support the needs of this redeveloping neighborhood by offering strict guidelines with a relaxed review system. This allows the neighborhood to maintain the important historic district designation and protection, while expediting the review process. In this neighborhood, the design review process for alterations to existing structures or for construction of new commercial structures will not use these design guidelines. Instead they will use the regulations and procedures standard to Macon's other historic districts. The design review process for this neighborhood includes a provision for staff approval of new residential construction when the design chosen is one that has received pre-approval as a stock plan from the Design Review Board and the Planning and Zoning Commission. A catalog of the pre-approved designs will be maintained at the Zoning Office and available for public inspection. Initial applications for a design and application for significantly altered designs or original designs will also require review from the Design Review Board and Planning and Zoning Commission. The following sections of these design guidelines explain the design criteria that will be used for review by staff and the Commission and Design Review Board when necessary. To download the Beall's Hill Design Guideline click here.