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Glendale commission advances review of code changes to clarify historic-design guidelines for new construction
Summary
The Planning & Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 154 to clarify whether the village's historic design guidelines should apply to new construction and noncontributing buildings; staff circulated draft redlines and commissioners asked the solicitor to advise on whether the guidelines can be codified or otherwise given greater legal weight.
The Glendale Planning and Historic Preservation Commission reopened discussion of proposed zoning-code changes aimed at clarifying how the village’s historic design guidelines relate to the ordinance’s design requirements.
David, the commission’s administrator, summarized a draft memo and redlined language circulated to members, saying the current code treats design requirements as codified standards but the illustrated “guidelines” (the handbook sometimes called the green book) are presented as nonbinding advice. He told the commission the handbook’s text itself says “the design guidelines outlined and…
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