Trump's arch clears another hurdle, setting up a big debate: Do height limits apply?
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The planning commission voted 8-1 on Thursday to approve the preliminary site and building plans for the arch, with three members voting "present." After more than two hours of public comment in opposition, followed by minimal discussion, the panel left the project team with more questions to answer before its next meeting in early September, and a promise to revisit the height question then.

"I'm guessing that we're going to have a vigorous debate on this subject when this project next comes before the commission," said Scharf.

At last month's meeting — when the commission cautiously advanced the project — Scharf planted seeds of doubt about whether the 1910 Height of Buildings Act applies to the arch, which would be built along the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Virginia.

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