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Narberth planning commission debates letting denser housing and easing parking, height rules in 4A district
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting the Narberth Planning Commission discussed allowing row houses, reducing visitor parking requirements, and changing how height is measured on sloped lots in the 4A zoning district; staff will circulate a draft of the recodification by Jan. 19 and hold an open house Feb. 26.
Adam Kron, chair of the Narberth Planning Commission, led an extended Jan. 5 discussion of proposed changes to the borough’s 4A zoning district aimed at making it easier to build smaller and denser housing near downtown. Commissioners debated permitting row houses and cottages, loosening driveway rules and revisiting how height is calculated on sloped parcels so previously permitted projects could be reapproved.
The conversation followed a county planning update that said staff will circulate a draft zoning recodification and a memo of structural and language changes around Jan. 19. The county representative described the rewrite as mostly organizational — adding missing definitions and clarifying intent — and said the borough manager advised a “repeal-and-replace” ordinance rather than…
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