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Commission schedules public input on corridor overlay and notes vacant-building ordinance passed by council
Summary
Megan Jennings announced consultant-led public input on a ‘neighborhood corridor overlay zone’ set for Dec. 2 (public meeting) and Dec. 3 (planning commission review); Chair Solve Spiones also reported the council has passed a vacant buildings ordinance requiring registration and escalating fees for unused residential and commercial properties.
Megan Jennings, Athens City planner, told the commission that consultants will be in town Dec. 2–3 to present draft language for a neighborhood corridor overlay zone. The commission will host a public input meeting on the evening of Dec. 2 and hear a draft presentation at the Dec. 3 planning commission meeting. "An overlay zone does not change the underlying zoning," Jennings said, adding that the tool is intended to shape…
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