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Discuss Draft Amendments to Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) Zone and Other Commercial Zoning Districts along with Related Amendments per Town Council Directive
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OVERVIEW:
At the August 19, 2019 meeting, Town Council directed staff to draft amendments to the Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) Zone as its top priority and simultaneously to consider amendments to the regular commercial zoning districts of C-1, C-1A, C-1B, and C-2 in Chapter 18 of the Town Code that effect the MAC. Staff was also directed to draft amendments to the commercial zoning districts that require the MAC streetscape, require landscaping for parking lots, and to consider changes to parking requirements or other incentives to encourage economic growth on Maple Avenue when drafting these amendments.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
At its September 17, 2018 meeting, the Town Council voted to temporarily suspend the MAC Zone for 270 days to provide staff time to develop design guidelines, along with related MAC amendments. The moratorium went into effect on September 30, 2018, and originally was set to end on June 27, 2019. On May 13, 2019, the Town Council voted to extend the moratorium to November 15, 2019.
During the fall of 2018, citizens provided input through a visual preference survey, which was the basis for creating the draft design guidelines and proposed amendments to the MAC Zone regulations. The preliminary draft design guidelines and proposed draft amendments to the MAC Zone were provided to the Town Council, Planning Commission and Board of Architectural in February, 2019. Both documents were also posted on the Town's Maple Avenue Vision webpage. Staff provided an update on the process to Town Council on February 11, 2019.
On May 1, 2019, a joint work session of the Town Council, Planning Commission and Board of Architectural Review was held to discuss the preliminary draft design guidelines and proposed draft amendments to the MAC Zone. Prior to that, the Planning Co...
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