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West Chester planning commission weighs street safety, tree canopy and attainable housing in comp‑plan review
Summary
Commissioners spent the meeting’s main block reviewing comprehensive-plan elements: a presentation compared local streets to PennDOT/SEPTA curb-extension designs, urged curb bump-outs and tree‑infrastructure trade-offs, and highlighted parking rules and zoning patterns that shape attainable housing.
Commissioners at the West Chester Borough Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 9 focused the bulk of their discussion on elements of a new comprehensive plan — particularly street safety, tree canopy incentives, parking requirements and where attainable housing fits into the borough fabric.
A lengthy presentation from a commission member (Speaker 5) used PennDOT/SEPTA curb‑extension examples to argue that recurring crashes on High Street and similar corridors are indicative of design shortcomings, not solely enforcement failures. "Taking back a road is not financially neutral. It's a values decision, not a budget decision," the presenter said, urging the commission to consider the trade‑offs before pursuing…
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