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Here you will find electronic copies of various brochures related to historic preservation in San Jose. These brochures are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format Don't have Adobe Acrobat? Download it here!
California State Historical Building Code
Designated City Landmarks
Historic Preservation
Historic Resources Inventory (information brochure only)
Historic Preservation Permit Process
Historic Preservation Incentives
The Historical Property Contract is a contract between the City of San Jose and the owner of a designated City Landmark. The contract allows the owner to enjoy a reduced property tax rate from the County Assessor in exchange for the preservation, restoration and rehabilitation, of the owner’s historic property. The purpose of the agreement is to
provide greater protection for the City Landmark property than is otherwise provided by the Municipal Code. Reducing Property Taxes with the Mills Act, an article published in the Fall 2003 edition of Preservation Action Council of San Jose’s Continuity Newsletter, explains the property tax reduction further:
http://www.preservation.org/newsletters/fall2003.pdf
The Historical Property Contract Application can be downloaded from the Planning website at
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/applications/dev_hpc_app.pdf.
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