Design Review Standards amendment
Amendment to the design review chapter of the zoning code clarifying when each standard applies, removing duplicates and adding standards for pedestrian interest, building massing, facade length and added height. A hearing was held August 12, 2025 with no speakers, and action was deferred.
Tabled
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide (Chapter 21A.59)
- City Council: Design Review Standards amendment (public hearing)
- City Council: Consent agenda
- City Council work session: Design Review Standards amendment
- City Council work session: Design Review Standards amendment (Chapter 21A.59)
In brief
Design Review Standards amendment appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of June 10, 2025 to the City Council meeting of August 12, 2025.
On record, it was continued 2 times and approved once.
The most recent decision was continued (7-0) at the City Council meeting of August 12, 2025.
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Design Review Standards amendment
- Council action
Approved: Consent agenda · Approved minutes Record → · July 8, 2025
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
August 12, 2025 · City Council
Design Review Standards amendment (public hearing)
Continued · 7-0
The Council held a hearing on amendments to Chapter 21A.59 on design review. No one spoke. The hearing was closed and action deferred to a later meeting.
July 8, 2025 · City Council
Consent agenda
Approved · 7-0
The consent agenda set an August 19 truth-in-taxation hearing on a tax rate above the certified rate and the FY2025-26 budget including the Library budget; set August 12 hearings on Design Review Standards, Downtown parking regulations and the Chapter 11.14 parties and gatherings ordinance; and appointed Sarah Vaughn and Margaret Neville to the Library Board (terms ending June 30, 2028) and Solomon Brumbaugh to the Transportation Advisory Board (term ending September 25, 2028).
July 1, 2025 · City Council work session
Design Review Standards amendment
Discussed
Staff described a proposal to clarify when each design review section applies, remove duplicate standards and add standards for pedestrian interest, building massing, street-facing facade length and added height. Members discussed process streamlining, affordable housing exemptions and window requirements for longer facades inside and outside historic districts. A hearing was planned for August 12.
June 10, 2025 · City Council work session
Design Review Standards amendment (Chapter 21A.59)
Continued
The briefing on changes to the design review chapter of the city zoning code was moved to a future meeting due to time constraints.