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Historic Preservation Commission presses city for review after SEFCOD zoning change; public commenter files appeal
Summary
Public commenter Dave Carter told the Ames City Historic Preservation Commission that a zoning text amendment expanding allowable uses in the SEFCOD overlay advanced to council without HPC review; the commission voted to send a memo to city council asking for clarification and the city attorney—s opinion, and Carter said he has filed an appeal.
The Ames City Historic Preservation Commission heard extended public comment on a zoning text amendment to the SEFCOD overlay that a resident said affects the Old Town historic district and nearby properties.
Dave Carter, who identified himself as a neighborhood resident and distributed a three-page handout, read municipal code language and said the Historic Preservation Overlay Zone is intended "to recognize the establishment of the city's local historic districts" and to ensure the commission is notified of zoning applications that could affect landmarks and districts. Carter said the Planning and Zoning Commission advanced a text amendment without a hearing before the Historic Preservation Commission and that the city council was scheduled to consider the ordinance at first reading the following day. "I…
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