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Glendale commission votes to pursue zoning change to apply historic-design guidelines to new construction
Summary
Staff told the commission that Chapter 154.46 currently omits explicit applicability of historic-design guidelines to new construction. After resident testimony about notification and enforcement, commissioners voted to direct the administrator and village solicitor to draft an amendment and schedule a public hearing, with staff to circulate proposed language in advance.
The Village of Glendale Planning and Historic Preservation Commission voted to initiate a zoning-code amendment to make the village’s historic-design guidelines explicitly applicable to new construction in the historic district.
David, a village staff member, told the commission that Chapter 154.46 contains design requirements for new buildings but that the separate guidelines are written only for existing landmark, pivotal or contributing buildings. He said the omission means the guidelines are not presently a clear, reviewable mechanism for new construction and that inserting the guidelines would…
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