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Sandpoint planner outlines zoning, overlay and certificate-of-appropriateness work to protect downtown character
Summary
City planner Bill Dean told the Sandpoint Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation Commission he will draft a historic-preservation overlay, code edits and design guidelines to connect comp‑plan goals to building permits; the commission will develop guidelines and advise council on boundaries and standards.
Bill Dean, Sandpoint city planner, told the Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation Commission on Sept. 9 that his top short‑term priority from council and the mayor is to translate the city’s comp‑plan preservation goals into concrete zoning and permitting tools for downtown.
Dean outlined a three‑part approach he said is needed: map an historic‑preservation overlay district on the zoning map, add procedures in the municipal code to require a certificate of appropriateness for work inside that overlay, and adopt design guidelines (incorporated by reference) the commission will develop and recommend to City Council. "No building just springs out of the ground," Dean said, describing how permits and written rules drive real outcomes.
The proposal would change when and how projects are reviewed. Dean…
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