What is the role of a Heritage Management Plan?
The HMP is the City of Dawson's local guiding document, which provides a framework for preserving and managing heritage resources within municipal boundaries. It outlines the current conservation policy landscape, highlights the importance of heritage conservation in Dawson, as well as provides key tools to guide development projects.
What is the role of a Heritage Bylaw?
The HB regulates, prohibits, and imposes the heritage requirements regarding development applications in the City of Dawson. This includes defining the Heritage Advisory Committee structure and proceedings, Historic Resources Permit, Heritage Fund, Incentives, and Penalties.
Why is the City updating the HMP?
It is good practice and the City’s preference to comprehensively review all long-term planning documents every few years to make sure they reflect the current conditions of the community. Since the last update in 2008, many things have changed in Dawson; an updated HMP and HB would provide practical, forward-thinking strategies that respect Dawson’s unique character and cultural heritage values, while adapting to modern realities.
