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Council adopts future‑land‑use changes after heated public comment on Sixth Street historic districts
Summary
After extensive public comment and a narrow planning commission recommendation against the change, the City Council approved an amendment to the 2040 comprehensive plan’s future‑land‑use map affecting blocks of Sixth Street to add residential scale preservation designations.
The Brookings City Council voted Tuesday to amend the 2040 comprehensive plan’s future‑land‑use map for a stretch of Sixth Street, a change recommended by the Brookings Historic Preservation Commission intended to protect the form and scale of two adjoining historic districts.
The amendment replaces certain medium‑density residential (MDR) designations with Residential Scale Preservation (RSP) in targeted blocks between Main Avenue and Madera Avenue. Supporters said the change is a guidance decision about “how change should occur” rather than an immediate zoning change; opponents and some staff earlier cautioned it could affect future development flexibility.
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