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Residents press city on notice and property impacts as board approves Rainbow Boulevard corridor overlay
Summary
The board approved a corridor overlay to reserve 28–56-foot setbacks for future Rainbow Boulevard right-of-way; residents raised concerns about short notice, possible eminent-domain effects, and timing for acquisitions, and staff said actual acquisitions would occur only at project stage.
The Planning and Zoning Board voted Feb. 10 to recommend a Rainbow Boulevard corridor overlay that sets enhanced setbacks of 28 to 56 feet along properties abutting Rainbow Boulevard to protect future right-of-way for a principal arterial.
Planner Tim Dvorak described the overlay as a protective, long-range tool: “This overlay zone does not affect the underlying zoning of these properties,” he said, and stressed that the measure does not itself acquire land but signals expected future right-of-way needs. Staff noted Rainbow is identified in regional transportation plans as…
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