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Greendale Plan Commission adopts updated design guidelines for "originals" after heated debate
Summary
Planning staff presented an ordinance and updated design-guidelines booklet to streamline review of "Greendale originals," add a special-exception process, and require public-hearing findings before demolition; the commission approved the changes despite resident concerns that the guidelines could function like enforceable rules.
The Village of Greendale Plan Commission adopted an updated ordinance and design-guideline booklet for Greendale "originals" after an extended discussion and public comment on Sept. 10.
Staff said the draft ordinance updates terminology to reflect state law changes (converting former "special uses" to the conditional-use framework), adds a special-exception process to allow minor deviations during conditional-use review, and places in the municipal code a requirement that…
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