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Commission debates decriminalizing historic-preservation violations; hearing set
Summary
City staff proposed amending the Historic Preservation ordinance to move enforcement from misdemeanors to civil infractions; commissioners raised equity and enforcement-consequence concerns and asked staff and the city attorney to return with more analysis before a May hearing.
City planning staff on April 28 asked the commission to schedule consideration of amendments to the city’s historic-preservation ordinance enforcement, proposing that most violations be handled as municipal civil infractions rather than misdemeanors. Commissioners debated the equity implications, the escalation path from notice to civil infraction to misdemeanor, and options to rely on fines and corrective actions rather than criminal penalties.
Kristen Turkelson, planning director (speaker…
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