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Commission wrestles with HO60 overlay: repeal, narrow or tighten design controls?
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to eliminate or narrow the HO60 height overlay outside retail areas, with proposals for interim stepbacks, limits on lot consolidation, and tying permissions to pre‑approved building plans; no ordinance change was adopted at the meeting.
At the April 6 work session, Planning Commission members spent extended time debating whether to amend or eliminate the borough’s HO60 height overlay district. Thomas Derty proposed removing HO60 outside the retail overlay (and potentially eliminating it entirely) to discourage large, non‑mixed‑use apartment blocks that commissioners said do not contribute active ground‑floor retail.
Derty argued repeal would curb “huge…
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