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Council committee holds proposed B3 commercial zoning and related map changes for further review
Summary
Council members deferred final action on a new B3 commercial business district and related map amendments, keeping the measures in committee while planning and zoning completes its review.
The committee of the whole considered ordinances to add a new B3 Commercial Business District and to reclassify certain properties into B3 and R‑1 designations but held both items for further review rather than advancing them to final reading.
Ordinance 71‑2025 would add a new zoning designation, B3, described at committee as an amalgam of existing Business‑1 and Business‑2 zoning categories. Chelsea (staff) told the committee the legislation would insert the B3 designation into the codified ordinances; the committee indicated it wanted to see the planning and zoning committee’s work and potential map designations before taking final action.
A separate ordinance (74‑2025) would amend the official zone map to place certain properties in the B3 General Business District and designate other parcels as R‑1 single‑family residential. Committee members agreed to hold both ordinances: the B3 text and the map changes will return to committee and planning and zoning for further vetting before a third reading or final council vote.
Committee members said there was no immediate need to adopt the changes and that additional detail from planning and zoning would inform final placement of the new district and permitted uses.
