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Planning staff tells BAR College Avenue could allow seven stories by right; BAR to receive more residential review
Summary
Planning staff briefed the Board of Architectural Review on recent ordinance changes that allow up to seven stories by right on parts of College Avenue (five stories by right with a fee of $30 per sq. ft. above that up to seven) and indicated townhouse/duplex style reviews will come to the BAR; architectural standards remain in place.
Planning staff updated the Clemson Board of Architectural Review on recent city ordinance changes that will affect downtown development patterns and the BAR’s review workload. Staff reported that sections of College Avenue will permit buildings up to seven stories by right, with five stories allowed by right and a fee charged for additional floors.
A planning staff speaker explained the fee structure described in the packet: $30 per square foot for floor area above five stories up to a seven-story maximum; those code provisions bring streetscape improvements and other requirements into the ordinance rather than negotiated Planned Development (PD) agreements. Staff emphasized that the city’s architectural standards for facades and materials remain in force.
Staff also said that, as the ordinances are updated, the BAR will see more townhouse- and duplex-style developments and some project-level reviews will move from negotiated PD processes into code-level submittals. Staff offered to circulate the updated architectural standards and ordinance language to BAR members.
Board members acknowledged the likely increase in review workload and asked staff to send formal updates. No formal policy decision or vote was taken; this was a staff update and informational briefing.
