Staff seeks five-year limit for site-plan approvals, clarifying vested-rights exception
Planning staff proposed adding a five-year limit to site-plan validity with a caveat that vested-rights law still applies; commission viewed the change as administrative and consistent with state guidance.
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Staff asked the commission to adopt a clear expiration for site-plan approvals: five years unless state vested-rights provisions apply. The proposed change was characterized as an administrative clarification designed to reduce uncertainty after a recent case that "muddied the waters" before the Board of Zoning Appeals.
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