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Local Historic Districts
Design Guidelines
From the Historic District Design Guidelines Workshop in Ann Arbor, October 2004
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"Economic Hardship, Feasibility and Related Standards in Historic Preservation Law"
A primer on the relationship between economics and historic preservation law
The Attorney General's Opinions Regarding Local Preservation
Michigan's AG has issued several opinions regarding historic preservation and local historic districts
"Defensible Decision Making: Preservation Commissions and the Law" [PDF]
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