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Consultants present comprehensive zoning rewrite; residents press for notice and parcel clarity
Summary
At a public hearing, planners outlined a comprehensive rewrite of the borough's zoning ordinance to simplify definitions, reduce routine variances and remove minimum parking requirements. Residents raised concerns about parcel rezoning, notification and impacts on historic buildings and parking.
Nick Fedore, a senior planner at Master Breaker, told the borough council at a public hearing that consultants had drafted a comprehensive rewrite of the zoning ordinance to align it with the borough's master plan and to make the code easier for residents and small businesses to use.
"What we're gonna do is we're gonna first review why we actually want to rewrite the zoning ordinance," Fedore said, describing outreach that included a steering committee, a field tour and an open house. He said the team reviewed the current code, interviewed local stakeholders and translated public preferences into technical zoning language.
The draft proposes several substantive changes: streamlining definitions to remove conflicting terms; shifting from text-heavy…
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