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Planning Commission approves several zoning ordinance amendments and expands downtown sidewalk-cafe overlay
Summary
Commissioners approved updates to the zoning ordinance that: expand the downtown sidewalk cafe overlay, define submission dates and substantial compliance per state law, extend vested-rights timeframes to three years, and tighten residential parking rules including paved driveways and prohibiting front-yard parking.
The Springfield Planning Commission approved multiple zoning ordinance amendments Thursday, including an expansion of the downtown sidewalk-cafe overlay and several ordinance clarifications to align with state law and address residential parking concerns.
On the sidewalk-cafe overlay, planning staff proposed extending the overlay to South Main Street from Fifth Avenue West to Central Avenue and to Batts Boulevard from South Main to Central Avenue, while explicitly excluding properties that front the Springfield Greenway.…
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