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Sandpoint staff previews wide-ranging historic preservation ordinance and tighter downtown zoning
Summary
City staff presented a draft historic preservation ordinance and revised downtown commercial zoning that would create an overlay district, require certificates of appropriateness for exterior changes and could impose review timelines of up to six months; staff asked the commission to read the posted draft and said he will seek council guidance before proceeding.
SANPOINT, Idaho — City staff presented a detailed draft of a historic preservation ordinance and a tighter downtown commercial-A zoning map at the San Juan Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission meeting on Feb. 5, urging commissioners to read the posted materials and prepare policy questions ahead of the next meeting.
Bill Dean, the commission’s staff liaison, said the draft takes a 'maximal' preservation approach, modeled in part on Boise and Caldwell, and uses an overlay zoning district tied to the ACHP master plan to codify existing boundaries. 'We’re just gonna go all in,' Dean said, describing the choice to start with comprehensive protections and then pare back if necessary.
Why it matters: The ordinance would require property owners in the district to obtain a certificate of appropriateness — the…
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