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Commission reviews permit‑streamlining proposals to reduce minor design reviews and speed approvals
Summary
The Planning Commission discussed an ad hoc committee's recommendations to revise design‑review triggers and speed permitting for low‑impact work, and directed staff to return with draft code text and a revised table for commission review.
A planning‑commission ad hoc committee presented a list of recommended code changes intended to streamline permit processing and reduce hearings for low‑impact projects. Commissioners discussed the list and asked staff to return with draft code language and a revised table showing which projects would require major (public) review, minor (administrative) review or no design review.
The ad hoc recommended a multi‑phase approach that would:
- Remove design‑review requirements for modifications to single‑family or duplex residences built more than 45 years ago if a historic resource evaluation shows the property is not historic.
- Eliminate design review for new landscaping and small structural changes outside the historic overlay, and for additions to the rear of buildings that are not visible from the…
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