Commission debates whether large-building CEP should run with sketch plan or development plan
Staff told the commission that the large-building CEP (for projects over the downtown square-foot threshold) lacks a clear sequencing in the code. Commissioners and a property-owner commenter argued for running CEP review with sketch plan for earlier public and technical input; staff noted trade-offs including applicant costs and pre-application expectations.
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Tyler Valentine, town planning, summarized the town’s large-building rule and said the LDR text is unclear about when the large-building CEP (an added review for projects near or above the downtown threshold) must be run. He said council previously set a roughly 40,050-square-foot maximum in downtown zones and that the CEP is intended to study off-site impacts such as water, sewer and traffic.
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