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Commission forwards recommendation to planning commission on closing portion of NW 12th Street, asks for a broader plan
Summary
The Downtown Design Commission recommended approval to the Planning Commission for a certificate of closure of a 50-by-17.29-foot portion of NW 12th Street near NW 12th and Francis, but members asked that the closure be considered as part of a longer-range plan for the whole street rather than a piecemeal approach.
The Downtown Design Commission on July 17 recommended that the Planning Commission consider approval of a certificate of closure for a 50-by-17.29-foot portion of NW Twelfth Street at the corner of Francis Avenue, but commissioners urged that any street-right-of-way reduction be viewed in the context of a longer-term plan for the entire block rather than granted on a lot-by-lot basis.
Planning Department staff explained the parcel sought to be closed sits in a section of Twelfth Street that was originally platted with a 100-foot right of way in 1902. Over the last century parking lots and…
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