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Council moves to draft zoning that would let businesses lease parking off-hours; residents press for sidewalk program
Summary
Councilman Yoder reported the parking authority asked the borough to amend zoning to allow dual-use commercial parking (paid use during off hours); council voted to draft enabling language. Residents and council members also pressed for a consolidated sidewalk-repair approach to lower homeowner costs and increase accessibility.
Councilman Yoder told council the parking authority has requested a zoning change to allow dual-use parking in commercial and business districts so property owners could operate commercial parking as a secondary, off-hours use.
"It's not the intention" to invite long-term truck parking, Yoder said, describing examples like Univest Insurance and Derbyshire Marine Products leveraging lots after…
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