Committee outlines mixed-use buffer along Genesee Street to protect hamlet core
Members reaffirmed a previously discussed mixed-use buffer wrapping behind Transit Road commercial properties to protect the Bowmansville core; planners said the buffer would allow smaller-scale commercial/residential uses and prevent large big-box development on Genesee Street.
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The moratorium group reiterated a prior recommendation to establish a mixed-use buffer that wraps behind commercial parcels on Transit Road to protect the Bowmansville hamlet core fronting Genesee Street. A planning staff speaker explained mixed use as a lower-intensity commercial zone—retail or small-scale commercial with residential above—meant to prevent large-format retail from locating on Genesee in the hamlet.
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