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Debate at TAC: downtown CFA, auto‑oriented uses and a 'commercial‑ready' alternative
Summary
TAC members questioned staff’s approach to auto‑oriented uses in the downtown CFA and considered a 'commercial‑ready' construction option (minimum 12‑ft ground floor) as an alternative to immediate active commercial leases; concerns included feasibility, frontage measurement and impacts on small businesses and makerspaces.
At the Springfield TAC meeting, planners flagged a policy choice for Climate Friendly Areas (CFAs): preserve active commercial frontage on key arterials while allowing stand‑alone multiunit housing on mixed‑use parcels that do not front those arterials. Chelsea Hartman, senior planner, said the CFA overlay would retain commercial requirements on arterial fronting parcels in downtown and Mohawk while expanding housing options elsewhere in the CFA.
TAC members pressed whether the rules should outright prohibit new auto‑oriented uses in downtown or…
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