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Commission debates requirement for 50% public waterfront access in PUDs; motion rescinded for rewrite
Summary
Planning staff proposed requiring PUDs and specific development plans on waterfront parcels to provide public access to at least 50% of the waterfront; commissioners asked for clearer definitions and rescinded the motion so staff can rewrite the language.
The Planning Commission debated a staff-initiated zoning amendment Feb. 13 that would require all planned unit developments (PUDs) and specific development plans in several zoning districts to include public access to at least 50% of any waterfront in a development.
Staff said the requirement expands an existing rule that applies in certain residential districts, and that the change responds to master-plan input requesting greater public waterfront access. “We currently have in our neighborhood zoning districts that any PUD is required to have 50% of the waterfront accessible to the public,” staff said, and the…
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