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Clarkdale commission weighs objective design guidelines after state law shifts review to staff
Summary
Planning staff told the commission that a recently referenced House Bill ("24 47" in the transcript) moved design review to an administrative process, limiting subjective standards; staff and commissioners discussed measurable options such as LRV ranges, facade articulation, materials lists, and public outreach. No action was taken; staff will return with illustrated examples.
The Town of Clarkdale Planning Commission spent the bulk of its regular meeting discussing how to draft objective design-review standards after staff said state legislation removed the commission’s authority to perform design review.
Staff member (speaking as planning staff) told commissioners that the legislature passed “house bill 24 47” which “takes design review away from the commission, makes it an administrative process.” The staff presentation emphasized that the commission may still help set objective, measurable standards but cannot use subjective language about a building’s “character” or whether it “looks good.”
Clover, a planning staff member, laid out examples the town could consider:…
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