Director: borough comprehensive plan now effective; staff to draft procedural and minor variance rule changes

Director Bossman told the Planning Commission that the borough—s comprehensive plan is now effective and said staff have been preparing two follow-up items: draft updates to the commission—s rules of procedure and a proposed Title 18 amendment to allow administrative processing of minor setback variances (generally requests under five feet). He said the proposal aims to reduce applicant burden because most setback variance requests are small and often approved.