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Council approves limited changes to Gateway Overlay waiver procedures, excluding board‑on‑board screening option
Summary
Council held a public hearing and approved amendments to Gateway Overlay waiver procedures allowing selected minor waivers for infill redevelopment—reduced perimeter buffers with denser planting, alternative dumpster‑screening options under conditions, and substitute amenity choices for monument‑sign landscaping—while accepting the planning commission's recommendation to exclude board‑on‑board fencing and add masonry alternatives.
The council opened a public hearing on March 17 to consider amendments to Appendix A (Gateway Overlay District) waiver procedures intended to ease redevelopment of infill parcels along major corridors.
Planning staff said the proposed changes provide staff with limited tools to approve minor waivers at the staff level while securing compensating design amenities. Key proposed allowances included reducing a required…
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