Township engineer flags technical conflicts, suggests ordinance clarifications
The township engineer read a detailed review letter identifying conflicts and ambiguities in the new TND ordinance—setback and lot‑depth rules, subarea percentage calculations, parking and mixed‑use placement—and recommended revisions or clarifying text amendments before formal approvals.
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Steve, the planning commission's reviewing engineer, read a point‑by‑point letter that identified numerous technical and interpretive issues in applying the new Traditional Neighborhood Development overlay to the Route 10 sketch plan. He said sections of the ordinance produce contradictions for townhouse dimensions (driveway separation and maximum setbacks), leave ambiguous how subarea percentages should be calculated and call for clearer requirements on mixed‑center placement and mixed uses above ground floor commercial.
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