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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> lived in Spring Garden, a historic district in Miami, for just over 20 years, I served as a board member of its civic association for numerous years and served as President for 3. A common
topic of concern was people buying in the district without knowledge of the historic ordinance/guidelines in place effecting additions that could be seen from the street, changes to the façade including changing windows or doors, or the requirement to return
to or keep original design without a Certificate of Appropriateness from Miami’s Historic and Environmental Preservation board. While president, I met several times with the presidents of the other districts in Miami and we all suffered the same issue. The
way we saw it, it was unfair to buyers to realize after their purchase that they were restricted design-wise and could not even replace a shingle roof to a like-kind roof if the original roof was something else (and more expensive). Likewise, we felt it unfair
to existing neighbors to have new grumble bunny neighbors that were upset and trying to fight to do something inappropriate in the district – and we did endure some aggressive new owners hiring lawyers, architects, engineers to either change or even demo
a contributing structure. We found that real estate agents oftentimes failed disclose – some perhaps for lack of knowledge and some perhaps for not wanting to bring up anything that would be seen as a negative. But as with condos and HOAs, buyers should be
aware of the rules and then decide if they want to still buy in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">I am in the process of moving to a house I am restoring in Arcadia’s historic district. Also, I was recently appointed as a member on Arcadia’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). This
same issue is being discussed and has been of concern for quite some time: how to get potential buyers to know so that buyers in the district either are preservation-minded or at least do not object to the preservation guidelines. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">I would love for realtors to be required to disclose. But I am thinking that a good start would be for FAR to add a question or 2 regarding whether the property is within a historic district.
Or, broaden question 8 (see attached FAR Seller’s Property Disclosure form), which asks if an association is mandatory <u>OR</u> if an covenants, conditions or restrictions (CCRs) affect the property but then defines CCRs in a way that would exclude the disclosure
of a historic ordinance and or guidelines in effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Does anyone know of any efforts in this area or have any comments, knowledge or interest in this topic?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Gioia DeCarlo</span><span lang="ES-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">,
Esq.</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">16782 SW 88<sup>TH</sup> Street, PMB # 42</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Miami, FL 33196</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Tel. 305-324-9823</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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