Agenda Date: 05/30/2018
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Presentation of the final draft of the updated Downtown Design Standards and Guidelines
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Presented By:
Dennis Swain
SUMMARY: Staff, along with the consultants, Paul Byrant and Callan Meek of Bryant Flink Architects, will discuss the progress and final draft of the update to the Downtown Design Standards. The intent of the study session is to answer questions and seek comments.
The current draft of the revisions, dated May 24, 2018, is attached and will be presented at the study session.
BACKGROUND: In 2006, the historical preservation board and planning commission adopted the Littleton Downtown Design Standards and Guidelines. In the twelve years since they were adopted, the pace and type of development in Downtown Littleton have changed dramatically. As a first step in responding to these changes, city council directed staff to undertake a public process to review and update the design standards and guidelines by (1) revising the document to be more user-friendly and (2), when viable, transforming guidelines into standards.
To accomplish this project, the city hired Littleton consulting firm Bryant Flink Architects and assembled a technical advisory team. The technical team included professional representatives from the historical preservation board, planning commission, downtown businesses, and downtown property owners.
The charge to the consultant and the technical team was to make the document more user-friendly and the design standards and guidelines more enforceable. The number and extent of changes that would require a policy discussion have been minimized; instead, the focus has been on technical and editorial changes. Changes that would require a policy discussion have been identified and set aside for a possible future project. The document has been shortened by eliminating duplication, made more user-friendly by reducing technical jargon, and updated with current Littleton photos and new graphics. T...
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