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Planning board urges caution and asks for further study on proposed semi-detached single-family zoning change
Summary
The board voted to submit an advisory opposing a proposed zoning text amendment that would add 'semi‑detached single‑family dwellings' to R‑1B and R‑1C districts, citing undefined terms and potential application across roughly one-third of the city; members asked for a more targeted or case-by-case approach.
The Glen's Falls Planning Board reviewed a city request for an advisory opinion on May 6 about a proposed zoning text amendment to add "semi-detached single-family dwelling" as an allowed use in R‑1B and R‑1C single‑family residential districts. Board members expressed concern that the draft amendment lacked a clear definition of "semi-detached…
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