Commission told residential design guidelines need formal resolution to be enforceable

Sep 10, 2026

Staff reported legal counsel advised that the residential design guidelines (approved in May as an addendum) must be adopted by resolution and that the local district ordinance will need a formal amendment to expand enforcement to residential properties; the commission will confer with the DNR Division of Preservation and Archaeology and present findings next month.

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Kate Edwards, the commission staff member, told the Historic Preservation Commission the panel had approved residential design guidelines as an addendum in May but that legal counsel now recommends adopting them by resolution rather than by motion to make them enforceable.

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