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Brookhaven planners back map change that moves duplex allowances from interiors to corridors
Summary
The Brookhaven Planning Commission recommended a comp-plan map change that would remove duplexes from interior neighborhoods in parts of the city and concentrate duplex/triplex allowances in corridors and transition areas; staff said design standards and a text amendment will follow to allow rebuilding of existing duplexes.
Brookhaven’s Planning Commission reviewed a proposed change to the city’s Comprehensive Plan that would remove duplexes by right from interior neighborhoods in selected character areas and instead concentrate duplex and triplex allowances in corridor and transition zones. The commission discussed the change, its origins and next steps.
The staff presentation described the recommendation as a limited map adjustment for the Osborne character area, keeping the broader plan adopted in 2024 intact but recoloring some interior blocks so duplexes and triplexes would not be allowed 'by right' in interior zones. "That does not stop somebody from…
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