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Brawley planners propose focused amendments to downtown specific plan to spur development
Summary
Development Services outlined a 6–8 month, in‑house focused amendment to the 2012 downtown specific plan to expand allowed uses, update design standards and streamline reviews; council discussed staffing and modest consultant support.
Christian Barajas, Brawley’s development services director, briefed the council on a proposed focused amendment to the city’s downtown specific plan, describing a 6‑to‑8‑month effort intended to modernize the 2012 document and reduce regulatory barriers for small development projects.
Barajas said the downtown specific plan is both a vision and regulatory overlay for the roughly 20‑block downtown boundary. He told the council the plan’s current restrictions often force applicants into discretionary conditional use permit (CUP) reviews that slow or stop development. Barajas gave an example of a developer interested in reopening a historical…
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