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Assembly reviews ordinance to define "water-dependent" use and clarify conditional-use permit rules
Summary
Staff proposed ordinance 2025-12 to define "water-dependent" and to clarify conditional use permit requirements in KPB zoning code; planners said the change reflects planning commission requests and eases permitting for certain lakefront fences while maintaining river protections.
Smith Lopez, manager at the borough River Center and supervisor of natural-resources planning, presented an ordinance to clarify conditional-use permit standards and add a definition for "water-dependent" activities in borough code.
"We have been working on this definition that hasn't been in code for water dependent for a long time," Lopez said, explaining that the planning commission requested a clear definition to make permit decisions more consistent.
Nut graf: The ordinance…
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