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Staff seeks commission input on modernized Ybor City design standards covering accessibility, solar and signage
Summary
City staff presented a multi-chapter update to the 1986 Ybor City design guidelines, completing three major chapters and proposing new criteria for new construction, site elements and signage; staff plans public engagement, coordination with the Barrio Latino Commission and eventual City Council adoption.
Heather Bonds, historic preservation specialist, presented progress on an overhaul of the Ybor City design standards, which were first produced in 1986. Bonds said the update aims to create a modern, codified and user-friendly set of standards that emphasize rehabilitation and maintenance while addressing new construction, site components and modern technologies such as solar panels.
"We're working hard to create a set of modernized standards…
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