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Yamhill officials push 'Authentic Yamhill' plan, ask planning staff to draft historic-district code
Summary
City councilors, the planning commission and the economic development committee agreed to pursue a defined “Authentic Yamhill” look for the Central Business District, seek grants for revitalization, and ask city staff to bring code language and an historic-district proposal to planning for the next meeting.
Yamhill — City leaders and volunteers at a July 30 work session agreed to pursue an “Authentic Yamhill” downtown plan that would set design guidelines, pursue grants for building revitalization and ask planning staff to draft code language to establish a local historic district.
Why it matters: Council members said a concise, readable plan and matching grant money could guide development so new projects fit the town’s historic character and to help attract businesses without allowing incompatible large-box or out-of-scale construction.
Shay Corey, mayor, opened the discussion by urging a clear, written directive: "If you don't write down what you want, somebody else will come down and do the thing that you don't want done." He and other elected officials asked city planning staff to evaluate code changes…
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