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Council asks staff to prepare chapter 31 text amendments on window removal and infill after HPC briefing
Summary
After a presentation by the Historic Preservation Commission, council approved the commission's 2025 accomplishments and 2026 work plan, requested date corrections, and directed staff to prepare text amendments clarifying replacement-window and infill rules for Old Town.
The Ames Historic Preservation Commission presented its 2025 accomplishments and 2026 work plan to the city council on Feb. 24; council approved the report with edits and discussed proposed text changes to municipal code chapter 31 governing historic-district materials and window treatments.
Melissa, a member of the commission, described the subcommittee work that focused on whether chapter 31 explicitly allows double-pane (double-glazed) wood-frame windows and…
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