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Janesville commission reviews rewrite of zoning code sections that affect historic districts
Summary
City staff and the Historic Commission discussed draft zoning and subdivision ordinance provisions that would reorganize historic-preservation rules, rename the commission and move review processes into new chapters; plan commission review and public open houses are planned before council action.
The City of Janesville Historic Commission discussed a draft rewrite of the city's zoning and subdivision ordinances at its Sept. 16 meeting, focusing on how local historic-preservation regulations would be reorganized and updated.
Brian (Planning Division staff) said the city has engaged a consulting firm, Grama, and is preparing a new zoning chapter (proposed chapter 46) with a table of contents and draft provisions. "We did talk about this a little bit at your last meeting. But just to kind of recap, the city is in the process of rewriting the sub, excuse me, zoning and subdivision ordinances," Brian said, describing where historic-preservation provisions would be placed under the new code.
Under the draft, provisions now in the Historic Overlay District would be split across several places in the…
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