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Planners map small commercial 'neighborhood hubs' to support walkability
Summary
Consultants presented an analysis of small existing commercial lots inside residential districts and proposed creating neighborhood commercial nodes — small walkable hubs for cafes, grocers and community spaces — to be made conforming in revised zoning.
Consultants from Ennis Associates told the Planning and Permitting Committee on Feb. 12 that they have begun cataloguing small, existing commercial lots inside otherwise residential neighborhoods and are evaluating where to formalize those clusters as neighborhood commercial nodes.
Emily Ennis described red lots on the consultants’ maps as “existing commercial, small commercial buildings” that are now often nonconforming. She said the study is intended to…
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