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Developers, residents clash over CGO-to-housing changes in CB 43 hearing
Summary
A public hearing on CB 43, which would permit conversion of Commercial General Office (CGO) properties to mixed-use or residential development, drew developers who argued conversions are appropriate and neighbors and attorneys who warned the bill is premature without companion actions and public hearings ordered by the court.
CB 43, a proposal to amend uses permitted in the county'wide Commercial General Office (CGO) zone to encourage conversion of vacant office buildings to housing and mixed uses, generated procedural objections and substantive debate at a public hearing.
Developers and property owners described how CGO corridors are flanked by residential neighborhoods and said allowing conversions can revitalize ageing office parks. "Townhouses are a…
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