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Panel weighs consolidating downtown business zones, debates parcel-by-parcel map changes
Summary
Consultants proposed combining multiple business zones into a simpler business/retail framework and showed parcel-level map options for downtown (library parcel, church parking, Gulf station). Commissioners debated split vs. contiguous zone lines and potential impacts on existing uses.
At its Dec. 15 subcommittee meeting, BFJ Planning presented new map options that would consolidate several existing downtown business subzones into a single business zone surrounding a preserved Elm/Main retail core.
Consultants said the area-and-bulk analyses revealed only small technical differences among the existing business subzones, so consolidating would simplify the code and make the rules easier for property owners to understand. Commissioners generally supported…
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