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Sunbury City Council weighs reducing downtown parking requirements to spur apartments
Summary
Council members discussed a zoning change for the central business district to allow multifamily dwellings and eliminate off‑street parking requirements for permitted uses, prompting debate over how residents and customers would find parking downtown.
Sunbury City Council members discussed a zoning change that would allow multifamily dwellings in the central business district and remove the district's off‑street parking requirements for any use permitted there.
Supporters said the change — which staff described as lowering a size standard from “400” to “300” in order to conform with the International Building Code — is intended to make downtown redevelopment more cost‑efficient for developers building mixed‑use projects along Marcus Street and other downtown blocks. Staff also described the current parking standard as 1.5 spaces per apartment unit located within 300 feet of the unit, and said that requirement can hinder building…
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