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Council hears push to define 22missing‑middle22 housing and recalibrate SCRP to spur workforce units
Summary
The working group recommended defining duplexes, triplexes, stacked flats and cottage courts, permitting them in targeted districts, creating objective standards, expanding the density‑bonus program and recalibrating the SCRP to 10–15% to encourage developer participation. Council members sought stronger links to infrastructure and safeguards for农業
Georgetown, Del. — Sussex County's land‑use workshop on Oct. 14 put housing recommendations at the center of debate, with the working group urging changes aimed at increasing housing diversity and the supply of workforce units.
The working group recommended that the county break "multifamily" into distinct, smaller categories — duplexes, triplexes, stacked flats and cottage courts — so the zoning code can apply standards specifically tailored to each building type. "One of the things the working group thought would be helpful is to take that great big umbrella of…
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