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Aberdeen Town Board approves broad UDO changes easing conditional zoning and updating light‑industrial standards
Summary
The Aberdeen Town Board on March 23 approved TA‑26‑01, a package of Unified Development Ordinance amendments that tighten permitting guidance, require conceptual plans and narratives for conditional zoning, allow staff fee waivers for minor zoning paperwork, and adjust design and use rules in the Light Industrial district; the measure passed after public comment and a unanimous voice vote.
The Aberdeen Town Board voted March 23 to adopt zoning text amendment TA‑26‑01, a multi-part revision to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance intended to streamline permitting and clarify standards for conditional rezoning and light‑industrial development.
Town planning staff told the board the package requires applicants for conditional zoning to submit a mandatory conceptual plan and written narrative, clarifies which conditions may be proposed and accepted, and removes an internal discrepancy that had limited the types of conditions a board could consider. The draft also creates a clearer definition for “change of use” and allows staff to waive a small zoning‑compliance permit fee when the submission only updates contact information.
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