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Ventnor City residents press commission on parking and safety impacts from Troy Avenue townhouses
Summary
At the Jan. 8 Ventnor City Commission meeting, neighbors raised persistent summer parking shortages and intersection-safety concerns tied to a proposed 33‑townhouse redevelopment of the former Troy Avenue school site; city officials said development is allowed under existing zoning and pledged follow-up on parking, signage and sight-triangle fixes.
Ventnor City commissioners heard extended public comment Jan. 8 on parking, traffic flow and safety around a proposed redevelopment of the former Troy Avenue school site, which the mayor said developers have revised to 33 townhouses after earlier higher‑density proposals.
Mayor Creable framed the legal and practical limits of municipal authority, saying the property has been privately owned since 1987 and ‘‘the property could have been developed by right,’’ but staff and the developer negotiated plan changes to reduce units and improve streetscape setbacks and aesthetics. He urged focus on what the city can change through engineering, signage and enforcement rather than reopening zoning decisions.
The meeting’s nut graf:…
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