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Board warns proposed Article 6 amendment could strip preservation review, risk CLG status
Summary
Preservation staff warned the Syracuse Landmarks Preservation Board on Oct. 30 that a proposed amendment to Article 6 of the zoning ordinance would let property owners petition the Common Council for exemptions from Certificate of Appropriateness review.
City preservation staff told the Syracuse Landmarks Preservation Board on Oct. 30 that a text amendment introduced at Common Council would let owners of protected properties petition the Common Council for an exemption from the Certificate of Appropriateness process under Article 6 of the zoning ordinance.
Kate Owater, preservation staff, said the proposed language would allow the Common Council to grant exemptions and would not bind councilors to preservation standards or guidelines as written in the introduced text. The staff briefing said that if the council enacted the amendment…
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