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Resident warns Salisbury zoning code blocks density variances, urges council to act on three-phase roadmap
Summary
A resident told the Salisbury City Council that a recent court ruling created a conflict between city zoning provisions and state law that prevents approval of density-increase variances; he urged the council to direct staff to draft code changes and run a public legislative process to restore the board of appeals' authority.
Salisbury — A Salisbury resident told the City Council that a gap between city code and state law is preventing the board that handles zoning appeals from approving variances to increase residential density, and urged immediate city action to fix the rule and reopen the variance process.
“Right now there's no legal process to approve these requests, effectively presenting a huge barrier to new development in key growth areas of our city,” said Matt Drew, who identified himself as a Salisbury resident during the public-comment period.
Drew said the city code currently requires a special exception for…
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