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Bel Air work session debates mixed‑use parking and density limits in two draft ordinances
Summary
Commissioners discussed two draft ordinances to amend mixed‑use center rules and residential density limits, debating whether to allow shared‑parking discretion and whether to set lower density limits at 35% commercial or keep a 40% figure, and whether to make B2A/B3A density rules age‑neutral (20 vs. 24 units/acre).
Bel Air — Town commissioners discussed two related draft ordinances on Jan. 28 that would revise development regulations for mixed‑use centers and residential density limits.
Ordinance 839‑25 would amend articles governing mixed‑use centers, including revisions to shared‑parking language so the planning commission "may require" rather than "must require" shared parking, reduction of a commercial‑use guideline from 40% to 35% in certain cases, and removal of an exemption for earlier approvals.
"One of the reasons why we put it down to 35 was ECDC's contention that if you have retail on the first floor, you have residential above that, that you can also do another floor…
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