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Springdale planning commission favors allowing rebuilds within existing noncompliant setbacks, asks staff to draft code language
Summary
The Springdale Planning Commission signaled support for code changes that would let property owners redevelop within existing noncompliant setbacks while requiring other zoning standards (parking, landscaping, height) to be met; staff will draft ordinance language based on the commission's scenario-driven guidance.
The Springdale Planning Commission on Jan. 7 directed staff to draft ordinance language that would let property owners rebuild or renovate noncompliant structures within their existing setbacks while requiring other zoning standards to be met.
Tom Dancy, the town staff member leading the discussion, opened the item by defining noncompliant buildings as “those buildings which were legal at the time they were constructed, but subsequent changes to the code have made them not conform or not comply with the current iteration of the code.” The commission then walked through six hypothetical scenarios — two sets for residential and two for commercial properties — intended to clarify what counts as "removal" and what constitutes "ordinary maintenance…
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