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Historic-preservation advocates urge council to pause COA change tied to curb ramps
Summary
Speakers from the German Village Society and a historic commissions chair urged Columbus City Council to delay emergency action on an ordinance that would exempt certain city right-of-way work from Certificate of Appropriateness review, saying the draft risks altering private historic structures and excludes preservation experts from drafting.
Speakers representing German Village addressed council during the public-comment period for the first reading of ordinance 33-14, which would change how right-of-way work — including curb-ramp installations — interacts with the city's Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) process.
Courtney Thrain, executive director of the German Village Society, told council the COA is essential to ensure right-of-way work does not encroach upon or alter private historic structures. "If historic structures were…
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