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Title 18 — DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter 18.26 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES

Truckee Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-07 · Truckee

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18.26.010 - Purpose of Chapter 18.26.020 - Applicability

18.26.010 - Purpose of Chapter

The Historic Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines are provided in Volume III of the Downtown Truckee Plan and are intended as a guide to assist property owners and project designer in understanding the Town’s goals for attaining high-quality development that is sensitive to and compatible with the historic character of the Downtown area. The guidelines will be used as criteria against which to review projects in the -HP overlay district .

18.26.020 - Applicability

  • A. The provisions of this Chapter and the Historic Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines shall apply to all projects (additions, modifications, alterations, rehabilitation, reconstruction, relocation or new construction), including single-family dwellings and accessory structures and projects that do not require a building permit, in the -HP overlay district. The design elements of each project (including site design, architecture, landscaping, signs and parking design) will be reviewed on a comprehensive basis. Design guidelines in other chapters of this Development Code (general design guidelines, specific design guidelines, signs, landscaping, parking) shall also be addressed whenever applicable. Where these other chapters are particularly applicable, they have been cross-referenced in the Historic Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines.

  • B. The review authority may interpret the Historic Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines with some flexibility in their application to specific projects as not all design criteria may be workable/appropriate for each project. In some circumstances, one guideline may be relaxed to facilitate compliance with another guideline determined by the review authority to be more important in the particular case. In any instance, such determinations shall be made by the review authority on a case-by-case basis. The overall objective is to ensure that the intent and spirit of the Historic Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines are followed.

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▸ Contents — Truckee Zoning Code
Truckee Zoning Code
  1. Title 18 — Development Code
  2. ▸ Title 18 — DEVELOPMENT CODE
    Overview
    1. Article I — Development Code Enactment and Applicability
    2. Article II — Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses
    3. Article III — Site Planning and General Development Standards
    4. Article IV — Land Use and Development Permit Procedures
    5. Article V — Subdivisions
    6. Article VI — Development Code Administration
    7. Article VII — Housing
    8. Article VIII — Development Code Definitions
    9. Article I
    10. Article II
    11. Chapter 18.12 — COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURING ZONING DISTRICTS
    12. Chapter 18.16 — SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS
    13. Chapter 18.20 — OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
    14. Chapter 18.24 — DESIGN GUIDELINES
    15. ▸ Chapter 18.26 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES
      Overview
      1. Article III
    16. Chapter 18.30 — GENERAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND USE STANDARDS
    17. Chapter 18.34 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
    18. Chapter 18.36 — HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
    19. Chapter 18.38 — LAKE AND RIVER/STREAM CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
    20. Chapter 18.40 — LANDSCAPE STANDARDS
    21. Chapter 18.42 — LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES
    22. Chapter 18.46 — OPEN SPACE/CLUSTER REQUIREMENTS
    23. Chapter 18.48 — PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
    24. Chapter 18.50 — PARKING DESIGN GUIDELINES
    25. Chapter 18.52 — RAIL CORRIDOR STANDARDS
    26. Chapter 18.54 — SIGNS
    27. Chapter 18.56 — SIGN DESIGN GUIDELINES
    28. Chapter 18.58 — STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
    29. Chapter 18.60 — SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION STANDARDS
    30. Chapter 18.62 — TEMPORARY USES AND EVENTS
    31. Chapter 18.64 — TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT AREA RESTRICTIONS
    32. Chapter 18.96 — TENTATIVE MAP FILING AND PROCESSING
    33. Chapter 18.174 — MASTER PLANS

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