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West Chester planners back returning town-center buildings to the right-of-way
Summary
At a June 16 West Chester Borough Planning Commission work session, commissioners and staff discussed removing an ambiguous "match existing adjacent" build-to rule for the town‑center overlay and voiced informal support for restoring a 0‑foot build‑to line at the right of way to preserve a continuous pedestrian street wall.
The West Chester Borough Planning Commission discussed proposed clarifications to the borough's "build‑to" (build‑to line) rule on June 16, focusing on the town‑center overlay where taller, denser projects and lot consolidations are allowed.
Commissioners said the current ordinance phrase "match existing adjacent setbacks" has created uncertainty when adjacent buildings vary in setback and scale. Planning staff presented the prior zoning summary table and explained the older code used block classes (A, B, C) with fixed numeric setbacks; the new draft relies on a contextual "match…
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