While voters support the preservation of individual historical structures, there is only limited support for a tax-funded effort to create a historic district within the city. Half (49 percent) of the people interviewed oppose the use of tax dollars to create a historic district. If the city were to pursue the development of a historic district, few residents (14 percent) would support such a district if it involved additional regulations.
| Some residents would like the city of Oakwood to spend tax dollars to survey homes in the city and create a historic district, as long as no new city regulations result. Other people would like the city to survey homes and create a historic district that would regulate changes to or alteration of homes. How do you feel? | Percent |
|---|---|
| Support the formation of a historic district that would regulate changes or additions to structures | 14% |
| Support the formation of a historic district as long as no further regulations would result | 32% |
| Do not want the city to spend tax dollars to create a historical district | 49% |
| Don’t know | 5% |
More than half (55 percent) of Oakwood’s residents see a need to improve and upgrade older multi-family housing units in the city.
People who currently rent their homes were much more likely to agree with this statement (88 percent) than were homeowners (53 percent).
There are some large homes in Oakwood that are changing hands and some residents have expressed concern that division of residential properties be limited by city regulations. Although there are regulations established, fifty-six percent agreed with the statement, “The city should establish further regulations to limit the subdivision of residential properties.” Only twenty-three percent disagreed that such additional regulations are necessary.
Women agreed with this statement more often (61 percent) than did their male counterparts (50 percent).