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Planning commission recommends code-review grants, statue and Love Creamery development deal; council approves
Summary
The council approved Planning Commission recommendations to create an administratively awarded architectural code-review grant to encourage downtown conversions, approved a statue placement in the Ami Superior Friendship Garden, and accepted a development agreement enabling Love Creamery to pursue a state grant.
The Superior Common Council on May 6 approved recommendations from the Planning Commission that aim to speed downtown conversions, authorize a memorial statue and clear the way for a new ice-cream vendor in Billings Park.
The Planning Commission recommended an architectural code-review grant to be awarded administratively. Planning staff and commissioners said the program is intended to reduce barriers for building conversions—particularly upper-floor residential conversions downtown—by covering code- and architecture-review costs. If adopted, city staff would be authorized to issue grants without returning to the council for each individual award.
The council also approved placement of a statue in the Ami Superior Friendship Garden; the commission’s report noted that state statute requires plan commission review for statue placements. The commission described the installation as a memorial in the Ami Amache/Children’s Memorial Garden.
Finally, councilors approved a development agreement for Love Creamery, a business planning to reopen an ice-cream vendor at Billings Park. Planning staff said the agreement will allow Love Creamery to qualify for a state grant the city applied for on the company’s behalf.
Councilors moved and seconded the commission’s recommendations and approved them; the record reflects a small number of abstentions on at least one item. The council also continued a zoning-code workshop process begun at planning commission meetings and invited continued public and council participation as staff advance draft code language.
