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Wylie commission backs work to create downtown historic guidebook; staff to seek legal review
Summary
The Wylie Historic Review Commission supported developing a downtown historic district guidebook and directed staff to consult the city attorney and schedule work sessions with council to decide whether the guidebook will be advisory or enforced through the zoning ordinance.
Associate Planner Cameron Stokes told the Wylie Historic Review Commission that staff will begin drafting a downtown historic district guidebook and seek legal guidance on whether the book can be used administratively or must be incorporated into the zoning ordinance.
"So as stated, we're here to discuss the potential downtown historic district guidebook," Stokes said, introducing sample guidebooks the commission could adapt. Stokes said staff has two practical options: have the ordinance refer to the guidebook so staff can make administrative updates, or embed the guidebook in the ordinance or as an appendix, which would require formal ordinance amendments for any change.
Commissioners focused on two practical questions: scope and…
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