Zoning Code Review Session #7: Architectural Review Standards
EMAIL FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR
Good Morning:
After a brief hiatus in July, we are due to continue our review of the Kent Zoning Code. The next session will be Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 7:45 PM. Please note the changed starting time which is due to the fact that the Planning Commission has two cases (both zoning text amendments) on its agenda and their meeting begins at 7 PM.
The next topic for discussion relates to Architectural Review Standards (ARS). For those who may not know this, the City currently has no specific architectural review standards in its zoning code. It does have an architectural advisory board which serves at the pleasure of the Planning Commission and does have input on some projects. Since this is a rather complex subject, I have broken the topic down into two parts. We will deal with the first of the two parts at the coming meeting. Our focus will be on determining how ARS would potentially fit into the current development review process. It seems prudent to have this discussion first and to get some direction on this before actually trying to define the standards themselves, since the manner in which the standards are applied may actually have some bearing on the content of the standards.
Attached you will find the agenda for the meeting, along with a copy of what had been drafted (the draft is not complete) for the Unified Development Code undertaking about 5 years ago, and also our staff report on this matter. I hope to see you all there. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me.
