Vineville is a Designated Historical District on the National Register of Historic Places. With this distinction, requirements and guidelines must be followed to maintain the designation.
Design Guidelines
Vineville is one of 6 locally designated and zoned historic design districts in the greater Macon area. This means that any and all material changes to the exterior of a structure or landscape, if visible from a street, sidewalk, or alleyway, must go through a review process. This includes, but is not limited to, such things as changes to:
- windows and doors
- new roofs
- new walkways
- driveways
- removing or installing trees or shrubbery
- changes to porches
- installation of fences and retaining walls
- garden sheds and garages
The design guidelines that apply to the Vineville area are located at Design Guidelines for Historic Districts | Macon – Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission
https://mbpz.org > Historic Preservation > Design Guidelines > Historic District Guidelines
Direct link to the general guideline https://mbpz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Macon-Bibb_County_Historic_Districts_Guidelines.pdf
Even though these are currently under review, they are still in force for these districts.
For more information, please email Adrian Wood at awood@mbpz.org
On a National level, you will find information here about federal Laws & Regulations and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards & Guidelines for historic preservation at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/
Historic Macon Foundation has a published informational Homeowners Handbook to Historic Houses. This handbook very well written in a laymen’s terms on the things you should know about owning a historic property. http://www.historicmacon.org/historic-homeowners-handbook
Ordinances
Parking in front yard or area not designated as a parking area.
A district ordinance is in place that prohibits the parking in a non-defined and permitted parking space or area. An example of this is defined as parking in the front yard on the grass. Link to the Ordinance