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Planning commission forwards light-commercial zoning amendment to city council with setback and buffer changes
Summary
The Syracuse City Planning Commission voted to recommend a new Light Commercial zone to the city council but amended the draft to require a 15-foot front setback, use Buffer Type D for adjacency to single-family, and replace the word "car" with "vehicle" in lighting standards.
The Syracuse City Planning Commission voted to forward an ordinance creating a Light Commercial zone to the Syracuse City Council, recommending three specific changes to the draft: set the front-yard building setback to 15 feet, require Buffer Type D where Light Commercial adjoins single-family residential, and replace the word "car" with "vehicle" in the lighting/headlight standard.
Planning staff reviewed the draft ordinance and noted it retained conservative lot standards including a one-story height limit and larger side and rear yards. Staff pulled the city's buffer-yard…
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