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Planning commission reviews proposed appendix to downtown historic‑district application to reduce incomplete submissions
Summary
A planning subcommittee proposed a one‑page appendix to the downtown commercial historic district application to require clearer sign photos, facade dimensions and printed applicant/landowner names to reduce repetitive tabling of incomplete applications.
Members of a planning subcommittee presented a proposed page‑2 appendix to the downtown commercial historic district (DCHD) application aimed at reducing incomplete submissions that lead to tabling. The appendix would ask applicants to provide sign photos, sign dimensions, building facade square footage and printed names for both applicant and landowner.
Commissioners said the checklist would reduce the number of cases returned for missing information. Staff indicated the form is not an ordinance but a supplemental guidance document that planning staff can print and hand to applicants or include as page two of the existing application. Commissioners recommended requiring printed names on hand‑signed applications and clarified that missing dimensions should be provided at filing to avoid repeat tabling.
Next steps: staff will finalize the appendix language and begin using it as a checklist to accompany DCHD sign and alteration applications to ensure completeness at the time of filing.
