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Resident's ADU blocked by coverage thresholds; commission questions building-coverage rule
Summary
A West Chester resident's plan to add a garage accessory dwelling unit at 436 North Church triggered a debate over a sliding-scale building-coverage rule in the NC‑1 district that reduces maximum coverage from 30% to 20% at a lot-size cutoff; commissioners questioned whether maximum building coverage should remain a zoning control.
A resident's effort to add a garage accessory dwelling unit on North Church Street prompted the West Chester Planning Commission to reconsider whether maximum building-coverage thresholds remain appropriate in the borough's NC‑1 district.
Commissioners reviewed a recent case in which a homeowner sits just over a lot-size threshold that, under the NC‑1 sliding-scale rule, reduces allowable building…
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