Commission backs technical edits to 'new construction' and building-height rules
Staff recommended aligning the municipal definition of "new construction" with an administrative council policy and removing the ambiguous "overall plate height" term in two residential zones; commissioners supported the cleanup and asked for clearer publication to council.
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Staff recommended updating the municipal code's definition of "new construction" to match an administrative policy adopted by the city council, which uses exterior wall and roof-area thresholds (less than 50% remaining) to determine when a project is treated as new construction. Commissioners agreed this would avoid treating many interior renovations as new construction and supported adopting the council policy in the code.
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