This would also cost a fair amount of dough to back up.
Just determining the color scheme to put into the
ordinance seems like it would be a deterrent to doing
so.  And if it were left to owners to have their paint
analyzed on their individual building before they could
paint it, well....sounds like a recipe for a nightmare
to me.

And what about adding our own unique color layer to the
history of the building?  I wouldn't recommend anything
radical to that end, mind you.  Imagine the cross-
section one day for the buildings that have gone day-glo
purple!  Ouch!

- Johnette

p.s.  Like in Ann Arbor, Wilmington's Design Review and
Preservation Commission cannot regulate color.  They can
and do RECOMMMEND, however.  I don't think they've ever
been shy about that.
> In a message dated 05/22/2000 5:06:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > Any personal experience out there with this policy?  Is it followed in every
> >  case?
> I definitely think that paint color clauses in HP ordinances spread more
> ill-will than any other preservation issue. ("You people aren't going to tell
> me what color to paint MY house!") Having said that... microscpic analysis is
> the way to go, if one is going to try and enforce a paint clause in an
> ordinance: one has to be able to scientifically and historically substantiate
> the authenticity of the required paint scheme. I've heard of many legal
> problems with paint clauses in HP ordinances.
>
> -Heidi