Georgetown City Council to raise maximum Square building heights

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How high is too high?

  • In addition to summarizing the other parts of the Downtown Master Plan, the city council reviewed building heights in the Downtown Overlay District Tuesday, February 27. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
    In addition to summarizing the other parts of the Downtown Master Plan, the city council reviewed building heights in the Downtown Overlay District Tuesday, February 27. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
As part of the continued discussion around building heights in the downtown area, Georgetown City Council provided city staff direction to raise the allowed building height in the outer parts of the nineblock Square from 40 feet. However, the council was divided on whether to raise this height restriction to 45 feet or 50 feet, with the last 5 feet being set back further into the building. A…

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