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Board debates whether motions should list design details; staff recommends itemized checklist
Summary
Members debated making motions more specific so design elements shown in renderings will be enforceable later; staff recommended using preliminary/final stages or an itemized checklist for large projects to capture required elements.
Board members spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing how to prevent key design details from being lost between discussion and final motions.
“ Showing everything on the renderings and saying approved as presented means that they have the permission to do all of those things,” a staff member told the board, urging clarity about what ‘‘approved as presented’’ permits and what it does not obligate. Staff explained that approving illustrative renderings gives the applicant permission to install elements shown, but…
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