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Council delays downtown design guidelines after extended debate over enforcement and review committee
Summary
Council members asked staff to clarify enforcement language and the composition and appeal process for a proposed downtown design review committee before bringing updated downtown design guidelines back for adoption. The discussion focused on whether guidelines should use mandatory language and how code enforcement would be applied.
Council and staff spent significant time debating proposed updates to the Chowchilla Downtown Design Guidelines, including reinstating a preferred color palette for the downtown core and creating a downtown design review committee to review proposed exterior changes.
Planning staff described the update as a reinstatement of a color guide intended to encourage neutral, complementary materials in the downtown core and outlined a new review committee that would approve changes to storefronts and building exteriors. The staff presentation and subsequent exchange…
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