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Planning commission recommends reversible covering of side/rear windows for proposed mini‑mart on Saint Helens Street
Summary
The commission recommended approval, with the proviso that window coverings be reversible and the original steel windows retained, after reviewing plans to convert a 1940s building into a mini‑mart and place coolers against interior window walls.
The St. Helens Planning Commission voted to recommend that staff permit the owner’s plan to cover several side and rear windows of a circa‑1940 commercial building slated to be converted to a mini‑mart, provided any coverings are reversible and preserve the underlying historic steel windows.
The project’s architect described the proposed work: coolers and shelving placed along three west‑side windows and several rear windows would render those windows inaccessible from the…
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