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Council signals deed‑restriction requirement limited to West End as zoning draft is refined
Summary
At a Feb. 10 work session, State College City council members directed staff to keep a requirement that the first incentive in the West End be one floor of deed‑restricted non‑student housing, but declined to extend that prioritization to other mixed‑use districts; staff will reflect the direction in the next draft.
Council members at a Feb. 10 work session narrowed a proposed prioritization of zoning incentives so that a deed restriction requiring one floor of non‑student occupancy would remain the required first incentive in the West End district but would not be forced as the first incentive in other mixed‑use areas.
Ed LeClair, the borough’s director of planning, told council the policy goal of the rewrite is to “increase housing opportunities” while ensuring the ordinance is clear and enforceable under Pennsylvania law. LeClair reminded members that state municipal planning law requires unambiguous standards and that incentives must be definable at…
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