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Sonoma council approves objective standards allowing certain awning exemptions from design review
Summary
The council voted 4–0 Oct. 15 to introduce an amendment to the city's design‑review rules that exempts awnings meeting specific, objective standards and finds those amendments exempt from CEQA; larger awning treatments that alter architectural features would still require planning commission review.
The Sonoma City Council on Oct. 15 voted unanimously to advance an amendment to the municipal code that creates an objective exemption for certain awnings and clarifies how projections such as awnings, marquees and canopies are treated in the public right of way.
Planning staff member Jennifer Gates told the council the amendment responds to an earlier request about awnings and was crafted at staff and planning commission levels to reduce subjectivity. "Staff prepared an amendment to design review allowing…
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