Are there any special requirements for properties in the Carlisle Historic District?
The Carlisle Historic District was established by ordinance 1197 on August 14, 1975. On April 20, 1978, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission approved the Carlisle Historic District for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places. The Carlisle Historic District was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. According to the Historic District Preservation Ordinance, no building permit or sign permit for work affecting the exterior of a building or buildings in the Historic District may be issued until the Carlisle Borough Council has approved a Certificate of Appropriateness. This includes any permit for erection, reconstruction, exterior alteration, restoration, sandblasting, demolition or razing of a building in existence or a building to be built in the Historic District. Prior to consideration of a request by Borough Council, however, the project must be reviewed by the Board of Historical and Architectural Review (HARB), whic
