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Boulder Landmarks Board debates reworking demolition/site-review sequence and updating window guidelines ahead of Dec. 19 council letter
Summary
The Boulder Landmarks Board on Nov. 5 debated whether to ask City Council to clarify how demolition review and discretionary site review interact and recommended updating the board’s window-and-door guidelines and pursuing developer outreach as projects the council could adopt.
The Boulder Landmarks Board on Nov. 5 debated what to recommend to City Council as a priority project, focusing on how demolition review currently occurs before discretionary site review and whether that sequence weakens incentives to preserve historic resources. The board’s letter to council is due Dec. 19 under a two-page template staff provided.
Public comment set the tone. Tim Plass, president of Historic Boulder, told the board that when demolition determinations happen before site review "it's very likely that the historic resource may well be approved for demolition before the site review has begun," and asked the board to "level that playing field again." Marcy (historic preservation staff) clarified that the landmark alteration application for the carriage house at 1105 Spruce Street had…
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