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Murrysville planning consultant outlines overhaul of General Business Overlay
Summary
Planning consultant AJ Schwartz told council the planning commission has proposed new overlay boundaries, subdistricts and updated permitted uses to better match parcel conditions and current market realities; a draft ordinance is expected later this year for public review.
AJ Schwartz, a consultant with EP&D, told Murrysville Borough Council the Planning Commission has been "working pretty diligently" to reexamine the General Business Overlay, a zoning overlay in place for nearly two decades. The review proposes new boundaries, three to five subdistricts to reflect parcel size and topography, and updated permitted uses to reflect contemporary retail and redevelopment patterns.
Schwartz said the draft concept tightens the overlay where parcels are topographically challenged or dimensionally too small and expands or retunes it where…
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