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Planning Commission adopts preservation design standards to guide additions to historic buildings
Summary
The commission unanimously adopted new Preservation Design Standards as an objective chapter of the citywide design standards, intended to guide additions and modifications to category A historic properties when objective review is required by state housing programs.
The Planning Commission unanimously adopted preservation design standards on March 20 that supplement the citywide objective design standards and set rules for additions and alterations to the city’s most significant historic properties (category A) when projects are reviewed under objective standards.
Why it matters: State housing programs and the Housing Accountability Act limit discretionary review for certain housing projects; the city developed objective design standards so projects could be reviewed consistently when…
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