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Bill would expand notice radius for middle-housing land divisions and require clearer traffic information

2827195 · March 31, 2025
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Senator Sarah Gelser-Blouin and North Albany residents told the committee Senate Bill 737 would improve communication by increasing the required notice radius from 100 to 300 feet for middle housing land divisions and by clarifying whether a traffic study is needed.

Senator Sarah Gelser-Blouin told the Senate Committee on Housing and Development on March 31 that Senate Bill 737 is aimed at improving communication between local governments and neighbors before middle-housing lot divisions proceed.

Gelser-Blouin described a North Albany incident in which a previously approved 22-lot single-family subdivision later proceeded as an 80-unit townhouse land division; many neighbors were not effectively notified and were confused about whether the notice…

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