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Arts commission hears plan to redraw downtown, add preservation code and 45-foot height limit
Summary
A commission member presented a draft historic-preservation code and a rewrite of Commercial A zoning that would define a smaller downtown core, add a certificate-of-appropriateness permit, and cap typical building heights at 45 feet; the drafts will go to Planning & Zoning for study before council review.
Speaker 2, a commission member leading the preservation work, told the Arts Commission the city now has a draft historic-preservation code and a companion rewrite of the Commercial A zoning district that are intended to focus downtown protections and permit review.
"This is Sandpoint's big step forward in participating in this national project," Speaker 2 said, adding the draft preservation code follows Secretary of the Interior standards and includes definitions, procedures and a certification permit the commission would use to review modifications. He said the zoning rewrite would create clearer geographies — a downtown core and an…
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