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BAR begins wide-ranging review of design guidelines and review process; members seek clearer workflows and district-specific guidance
Summary
Board members and staff opened an extended work-session-style discussion on updating Charlottesville’s design guidelines, seeking clearer checklists/workflows for applicants and staff, district-by-district descriptions, consultant analysis, and better alignment between zoning and preservation guidelines.
Members of the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review spent the bulk of the meeting discussing planned updates to the city’s design guidelines and review processes, flagging a series of operational and policy challenges they want the updates to address.
Staff framed the effort as a district-by-district review that will include ADC, IPP and historic conservation districts and suggested staggered timelines. Board members pressed for clearer, more objective district…
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