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Planning staff outlines broad changes to zoning ordinance, highlighting short-term rental rules and housing definitions
Summary
Planning staff presented a redlined package proposing about 60 text edits (roughly 20 new provisions) to the City of Chester zoning ordinance, urging commissioners to start review at the definitions and noting proposed rules for short-term rentals, transitional housing, recreational vehicles and updated landscape standards.
Planning staff presented a multi-part package of proposed text amendments to the City of Chester zoning ordinance during the March 11, 2026 Planning Commission meeting, asking commissioners to review definitions and the amendment summary before the next meeting.
Paul Fritz, a planning staff presenter, said the redline and a summary table together document roughly 60 edits, about 20 of which add new policy language. Fritz said the package focuses on text changes rather than map changes and is intended to address three problems: new uses that have emerged since the ordinance’s 2015 adoption, inconsistent or ambiguous language that hampers enforcement, and outdated technical standards such…
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