Vice chair warns departures may be stretching code; suggests a code amendment

Vice Chair Blossom said he is sympathetic to the design outcome of the Blackberry Short Plat but questioned whether the request strictly fits the departure criteria, which he said were intended for unusual shapes, environmental constraints, or exceptional topographic conditions. "I don't think that applies to this parcel," he said, but added that the proposed design does produce a better subdivision and that the code could be amended to allow this approach without departures.