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Commission raises enforcement and outreach concerns as design-guidelines work begins
Summary
Commissioners warned that strong guidelines must be balanced with affordability and enforceability; members asked staff to examine resolutions, bylaws or ordinance changes to provide enforcement tools and discussed outreach to realtors and homeowners so buyers understand district expectations.
Commission members pressed staff on how the proposed design guidelines would be adopted and enforced and whether the commission or the city would have tools to require compliance. A commissioner pointed to a deteriorating property at Center and Johnson as an example of ongoing maintenance issues and said the commission currently lacks authority to require corrective action.
Members discussed several possible responses: drafting a pamphlet or mailer for realtors and new homeowners, increasing public engagement so owners understand expectations, and researching whether a resolution, bylaw change or an ordinance amendment would be needed to provide enforcement or fining authority. Staff said the commission would vote to adopt the guidelines and SHPO would need to approve the final product; staff offered to research bylaw or ordinance options and to propose language and enforcement pathways as the process develops.
