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Resident at planning commission meeting urges denser downtown, warns current plan undercounts density and flags walkability concerns
Summary
During public comment a resident urged the commission to plan for higher downtown densities, criticized how density calculations excluded stormwater treatment areas, and stressed the need to balance vehicular flow with walkability for future infill.
A resident who addressed the South Burlington Planning Commission during public comment urged commissioners to support denser development in the downtown planning area and criticized the way density has been calculated in recent planning documents.
The speaker said the current density figures "are too low" for a downtown and that the calculation appeared to exclude stormwater treatment…
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