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Commission continues zoning rewrite; staff to recast Article 5 as transportation‑focused
Summary
Staff presented ongoing revisions to Articles 5 and 6 of the zoning ordinance, proposing to consolidate transportation items (parking, loading, bicycle parking) into Article 5 and move landscaping and buffer rules into Article 6; commissioners expressed general support and staff will circulate redlines ahead of the next meeting.
Town staff briefed the Planning Commission on the multi‑meeting effort to update the zoning ordinance article by article. Staff said Articles 5 and 6 are tightly interwoven — particularly where parking, loading, bicycle parking, lighting and landscape buffers overlap — and proposed recentering Article 5 on transportation topics while moving landscaping, buffers and similar material into Article 6.
Staff described that some text moved from Article 4 (for example, parking provisions) will be relocated and that the commission should expect redlined drafts of Article 5 at the next meeting. For new or returning commissioners, staff said they will provide both a clean copy and a tracked‑change copy so members can compare the previous and proposed language.
Commissioners generally agreed the direction is appropriate, asked procedural questions about the document workflow and cautioned that personal replies to external email threads could risk ex‑parte deliberation; staff acknowledged a missed reply to an inquiry about Town Square access and committed to respond formally.
What happens next: Staff will circulate tracked changes for Article 5 before the next meeting and continue concurrent work on Article 6; commissioners can submit comments through staff as conduit so they do not deliberate outside public meetings.
