Philly Council turns to zoning overlays to control development
WHYY By Homes across from Fairmount Park at 33rd and Clifford streets included in a new Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) These days, everyone wants to talk to Tonetta Graham about overlays — a zoning tool that can be used to shape development in a specific area. What would normally pass for municipal minutiae is a hot topic because Graham’s Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation and a coalition of other neighborhood groups recently won City Council approval for a special overlay district that aims ...
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