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Planning Department proposes looser rules for bay windows and projections to encourage modern design
Summary
City planners proposed amending Planning Code section 136 to allow more flexible architectural projections and a zoning-administrator waiver for bay windows that do not meet current fine-grained standards; Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval and commissioners voted to adopt the changes.
The Planning Department asked the commission to amend Planning Code section 136 to ease dimensional restrictions on architectural projections and create a zoning-administrator waiver for bay windows that fail current variance tests. Audrey Buck, presenting the proposal, said the changes would remove the word “horizontal” from the text so vertical and diagonal projections (such as…
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