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HPC approves Phase 1 study for 418 E. Birch with conditions: calls second‑story a major impact, requires siding mitigation
Summary
The commission approved the Phase 1 cultural resource study for 418 East Birch Avenue but amended the staff-recommended language to characterize the proposed second‑story addition as a major impact and to require restoration or in‑kind replacement of original clapboard siding as mitigation; administrative sign‑off by staff was authorized.
The Flagstaff Heritage Preservation Commission voted May 21 to approve the phase 1 cultural resource study for 418 East Birch Avenue, attaching conditions that change the project’s impact classification and specifying mitigation. The commission authorized Heritage staff to administratively approve a revised study reflecting the changes.
Staff recommended accepting the study’s significance findings but asked the commission to treat the second‑story/addition as a “major impact” under city code and to list restoration or like‑for‑like replacement of the original clapboard…
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