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Commission asks staff to draft ordinance allowing replacement within existing commercial footprints with constraints
Summary
Staff proposed letting noncompliant commercial buildings be replaced within their existing footprints (with limited height tolerance) while requiring other development standards to be met; the commission directed staff to draft ordinance language and cautioned against rules that could be gamed to expand building size or height over time.
SPRINGDALE — Planning staff presented a draft approach for how the town might treat noncompliant commercial properties: permit replacement within the existing footprint and roughly the same height (with a small construction allowance) while requiring compliance with landscaping, parking and other development standards.
Tom Dancy told the commission the commercial proposal mirrors the residential concept but is tailored to central and village commercial zones. "That structure could be replaced with a structure in the exact…
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