The Gloucester County Planning Commission will revisit a proposal for county-sponsored rezoning of properties designated B-3 (Office Business) during a meeting at 7:30 tonight in the colonial courthouse.
The original staff recommendation was to reclassify approximately 80 parcels of land from B-3 to B-1 (Business).
Planner Sean McNash reported at the commission’s July 7 meeting that reclassifying select parcels would be less restrictive regarding the uses permitted in B-3. All uses currently permitted in the B-3 Zoning District are also permitted by right or by special exception in B-1.
Removing the B-3 district was suggested by the Business Development Focus Group and supported by the Village Implementation Technical Advisory Committee, Anne Ducey-Ortiz, director of planning and zoning, wrote in a June 21 memorandum to the commission.
Properties that are being considered for rezoning include some located on the north side of Short Lane, east of the intersection with Route 17; on...