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Council sends historic-preservation code rewrite back to review after public concerns
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Jefferson City Council voted to refer a comprehensive rewrite of local historic-preservation rules back to the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission for additional review, with a required report back to council within 90 days.
The Jefferson City Council voted to send a draft ordinance that would create a new Chapter 15A of the city code on historic preservation back to the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission for additional review, with a council report due within 90 days. The motion followed more than two hours of public comment and discussion about whether protections should be based on formal historic designation or simply on a building’s age.
City Neighborhood Services Supervisor Rachel Cinzi, who led staff work on the revision, told the council the rewrite consolidates preservation language scattered across the municipal code, aligns local rules with the Secretary of the Interior’s standards, and creates a formal…
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