Artist s rendering from Winona County, Klein McCarthy Architects A city of Winona board gave Winona County s new jail exceptions to downtown aesthetic rules, such as a minimum number of windows, but required the county add some fake windows. Winona OKs jail design, requires fake windows (5/7/2021)
An altercation over fenestration was averted through negotiation Wednesday.
The design for the new Winona County Jail survived its time before the city of Winona Board of Adjustment (BOA) mostly unscathed. Jail designers were granted variances, allowing the building to deviate from aesthetic zoning laws that would otherwise apply through the incorporation of fake windows in the design.