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Council, commissioners debate mixed-use options on Maple Avenue and rezoning criteria for housing diversity
Summary
Councilmembers and planning commissioners discussed allowing ground-floor residential off Maple Avenue, rezoning criteria for townhouse or multilevel housing, and market constraints such as parking, loading and current tenant leases; some council members urged clear comparative data on Vienna's high share of single-family housing.
City staff and the Planning Commission urged councilmembers to review proposed land-use language that retains Maple Avenue as a mixed-use corridor but adds a lighter mixed-use designation allowing, in some locations, ground-floor residential as an option rather than a requirement.
"Mixed use does not mean you must have mixed use. It means you have kind of options of uses," David Levy, director of Planning and Zoning, said while showing the Maple Avenue map. Staff said the light-purple areas on…
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