Remarks by Lindsay Lecour
399 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 16
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“It's going to have to meet code to be submitted to the building department.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Okay. So does anybody want to make that motion? Staff conditions plus the conditions I just laid out.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Okay. Thanks, guys. It's been great working with you.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“All right, let's move on to our ordinances, of which we have none, and our next meeting date, which is May 28th. Maybe we'll see you there. Maybe we won't. And discussion items. We've moved 8A to the end, so let's talk about commercial awnings. And for that, I will ask our town planner to introduce it.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Okay, thanks. Does somebody, George, you want to speak?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Thank you. Board members, thoughts, comments? Carlos, I think this was your request. Do you want to open us up?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, that seems like some low-hanging fruit. It also, I mean, Scarlett did share the code with us. You know, the awnings, all awnings shall be without tears, holes, free of dirt, discoloration, fading. I mean, we have the code in place for those to be looking better. I think there's a code enforcement issue here. All right. Um, but I think we can still maybe up at a notch as well. And I think Carlos, your issue was more that we're looking at signs and on, and we're not looking at awnings.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Let's just put a pin in that. Marianne, did you want to speak? Come on up. State your name and address for the record.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, and I think that would probably apply to the awning as well. Yes, yes. Okay, that's a good point. Thank you. Thanks for sharing. You know, I don't know if there's a mechanism by which we can, you know, lump those, link those together. I mean, I understand the point they're making is it's one facade, and we're just opining on one little piece. would be really nice. I mean, usually these are new stores going in. They're doing tenant improvements. They're improving the inside and the outside. I mean, it's not a stretch to say, you know, your awning and your paint color are part of those…”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“I would venture to say it's, you know, if they're going to change the exterior street-facing facade of a store, that that should come before us.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Whether it's the color, the sign, the awning.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Well, this code actually says that signs, that's prohibited. Awning signs or any sign printed on or attached to an awning or canopy is prohibited. So you can't put lettering and signage on a canopy or an awning, which is good. We need to add painting to that. You can't paint an awning. And then I think it's...”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“I don't know who it's on, but I think what we're hearing from the board is we would like a holistic review of changes to retail facades that we think it's under our purview, and we'd like to understand how to make that part of our...”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“I think we need help from the planning group to understand what would need to change in the code to allow that to come before us. And then I think we probably want to consider a very brief style guidelines for the facades of the front. George?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“So a two-part, I think we need help understanding what it would take to make sure that these exterior facades are coming to us in the code. And then second, I think we do need to invest some time in design guidelines for the business district. And that's probably going to be a workshop, I think, a separate workshop. And maybe we'd like to invite the new commission to do that, or we can start and then present something to the commission.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, but let's just add that, you know, I think the future discussion items tracker, it's, you know.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, let's add it, though, so it's still hanging there for the future board, you know, review, design review board role, and then design guidelines for retail. One more? Yeah, and then we'll move on to the next discussion. Okay.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Okay. Thanks. Okay. Anything else on that item? Or can we move to fencing and landscaping? Okay. Let's move on. Fencing and landscaping.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“That seems like an easy code change, right?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“and then we could add except when considering the maximum height of a fence the wider side is considering the front or i would i think we'd almost just want to say wherever the front door is that's the front because some of the corner lots do have the front door on the smaller side yes so that i think you just want to align the entry the front entry not to have a six this is where the problem is we talked about something scarlet today about this uh”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“No, they don't. And the county code requires it. Remember, we had this whole conversation. We wanted to change it to the side. Then that was out of alignment with, it's actually the smaller side. So that's just the reality of the code. We're going to have to work around it for fences.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“That's the distinction right there. Is the front as where the front door is versus what code says should be the front setback.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, the challenge with that then is you're telling somebody who has their back or side yard that they can't put a six-foot fence there either. So, I mean, I think we're either moving to a code where only interior boundaries can have a six-foot fence and anything street-facing cannot, which is probably a better way to do it, because I think what we're saying is...”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“You can have a six-foot fence. You can have a four-foot fence.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026
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“Yeah, you have to have a second barrier, but it's not, I don't think it has a... I don't think it has to be six feet. Yeah.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Apr 30, 2026