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Consultants propose merging commercial zones, updating industrial standards in Adams County DSR update
Summary
Kennedy/Keys Collaborative presented Module 2 of the county’s Development Standards & Regulations update, proposing to consolidate six commercial districts into three (neighborhood, general, heavy commercial), refine mixed‑use rules, and standardize industrial use categories and outdoor‑storage controls.
Consultants from Kennedy/Keys Collaborative presented Module 2 of the county’s Development Standards & Regulations update, focused on commercial and industrial zone districts and uses. The consultants said the module aims to simplify the code, implement the comprehensive plan’s placemaking goals, and create clearer standards for amenity space, alternative transportation and buffering between differing uses.
Consultant Brian (Kennedy/Keys Collaborative) summarized a large proposed change: "Merging the commercial districts, C0 through C5, that is kind of a lot of commercial districts... we put into merging 2 at a time," and described a move to three commercial districts: neighborhood commercial (merging C0 and C1), general commercial (C2/C3),…
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