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Planning commission reviews downtown plans and design standards; commissioners urge practical feasibility work
Summary
Associate Planner Tyler Coyle reviewed the city’s 2000 CBC plan and the 2017 downtown strategic plan, explained existing zoning and design standards (heights, FAR, street types) and recommended a phased, feasibility‑focused approach. Commissioners discussed advisory committees, landowner engagement and outreach plans.
At the March 25 meeting the New Castle Planning Commission received an extended briefing from Associate Planner Tyler Coyle on downtown planning documents and design standards, including the 2000 Community Business Center (CBC) plan and the 2017 downtown strategic plan. Coyle framed the session as informational: staff are “level‑setting” so that future code updates proceed from a shared understanding of what the city is updating from.
Coyle described the CBC plan’s multi‑part vision—pedestrian esplanade and a pedestrian bridge over Coal Creek Parkway, parking garages to support grade changes and retail built over parking, and a transit center—as an interdependent package that never fully materialized because of high…
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