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Commissioners debate where small, neighborhood businesses should be allowed under new land‑use plan
Summary
Planning commissioners discussed how the comprehensive plan should treat small, neighborhood‑serving commercial uses — whether to limit them to corner lots and collector streets or allow more flexible siting — and flagged Jefferson Market and other local examples as models to guide future zoning language
Commissioners and members of the public discussed policies to allow small, neighborhood‑serving retail and services — cafés, corner groceries, small studios and similar uses — during the April 22 review of Chapter 4.
Some commissioners questioned proposal language that would confine neighborhood commercial to collector streets and corner lots. Opponents said the restriction could exclude successful local examples that do not…
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