Granville Council advances demolition-code revisions and adopts temporary AROD standard for new residential builds

Granville Village Council on March 5 reviewed changes to the village demolition code that add objective triggers for deeper historic review and streamline how historic-preservation input is collected, and the council unanimously approved a temporary resolution directing the Planning Commission to apply AROD architectural guidelines to new residential building permits.

The proposed demolition-code revisions set three objective triggers for an expanded review by a preservationist: when the primary structure is more than 50 years old, when the parcel appears on the village AROD listing, or when the structure touches the Transportation Corridor Overlay District (TCOD). The revisions also create an expedited path for demolitions that do not meet any trigger: those applications would be heard only by the Planning Commission rather than by council, a change staff said could shorten some timelines from the current low end of about 11 weeks to roughly a month depending on meeting schedules.

“ If the age of your structure is your primary structure is more than 50 years old or more, it would be subject to that deeper review,” a…