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Skowhegan boards form subcommittee to study downtown parking and possible ordinance changes
Summary
Planning board and selectmen agreed to form a four-person subcommittee to research revisions to site plan parking requirements, including expanding permitted parking distance, timed-use rules and enforcement options.
Skowhegan officials agreed Wednesday to form a joint planning/selectmen subcommittee to study downtown parking requirements and potential changes to the town’s site plan ordinance.
The planning board and selectmen heard that the current ordinance’s parking requirements — including a 1.5-space-per-unit rule for multifamily housing — can block redevelopment of upper-floor apartments and similar projects when sites lack adjacent space for required spots. “The main parking issue for this town is really the downtown zone,” a planning board member said during the discussion.
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