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Staff unveils draft downtown overlay to push retail and sidewalk activity; commission raises concerns about ground-floor office loss
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft downtown overlay that combines existing overlays, sets active retail and restaurant uses for avenue ground floors, increases by-right residential density options, and proposes streetscape changes; commissioners voiced concerns about displacing ground-floor offices and vacancy risk.
Town planning staff presented the first draft of a downtown overlay district to the Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 13, a proposal that would consolidate two existing overlays and create three subdistricts intended to boost downtown vibrancy and employment.
The draft would replace the economic-development and planned-shopping-plaza overlays with a Downtown Overlay made up of an Avenue District (street-level retail and restaurants), a Business District (office and service uses north of the avenue), and an Innovation…
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