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Council keeps Architectural Review Board composition change in committee after debate over architect requirement
Summary
Council discussed an ordinance that would remove the requirement that Architectural Review Board members be licensed architects or landscape architects, citing difficulty recruiting qualified candidates; the item was placed on first reading and retained in committee for revised language.
Strongsville City Council on Jan. 21 placed on first reading — and kept in committee for further work — an ordinance that would change the composition rules for the city’s Architectural Review Board by removing the requirement that two members be a registered architect and a landscape architect.
Council members and staff said the city has struggled for years to recruit licensed architects and landscape architects to serve on the board. Mr. Spring said the landscape-architect seat has been vacant for nine years and that practicing architects…
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