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Committee holds bill requiring master-plan consistency for site plans after extended debate
Summary
PHED held CB-42-2025 after lengthy discussion over whether detailed site plans and special exceptions should be required to show consistency with master plans; the planning board took no position and the administration opposes the bill.
The Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee on June 5 voted to hold CB-42-2025, an ordinance that would add master-plan consistency as a required approval standard for detailed site plans and special exceptions.
Why it matters: Sponsors say the change would give residents recourse when developments diverge from master-plan expectations; opponents and multiple planning professionals warned it could create legal uncertainty and conflict with existing zoning and subdivision rules.
Committee discussion ranged widely. Council Member DeNova recounted cases in which master-plan recommendations were not…
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