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Commission recommends rezoning for 706-area three-unit property to R-2; conditional use still required
Summary
The commission recommended a map amendment to rezone a property that contains a three-unit building to R-2, noting the building lost its nonconforming status after remaining vacant and that a Board of Zoning Appeals conditional-use permit will still be required to operate as a three-unit dwelling.
The Morgantown Planning Commission voted to forward a map amendment for Map 2572 (property at 706, a three-unit multifamily building) to city council with a recommendation of approval. The property owner is seeking an R-2 zoning designation to regularize a three-unit structure that staff said lost grandfathered status when its certificate of occupancy lapsed while the building was vacant.
Staff reported that the parcel is currently in an R-1A district, which does not allow two- or three-family dwellings. Planning staff drove the surrounding neighborhood and documented other two-family or multifamily conversions; at…
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