Council rejects proposed impervious‑surface limits after public hearing and technical questions
Following public testimony and debate over technical justifications, the council voted down a proposed amendment setting maximum impervious‑surface percentages, with members and visitors urging reliance on drainage standards and variances rather than a fixed per‑lot cap.
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The council held an extended public hearing and debate over proposed changes to the village’s impervious‑surface (maximum lot coverage) rules. A council member played a video and argued some blanket policies can worsen drainage in certain local conditions; public commenters and a visiting technical witness said lot‑coverage percentages appear arbitrary without supporting engineering analysis. As one visitor said during testimony, “If you cover a 100% of your lot it's gonna flood somewhere else no matter what you plan to do.”
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