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Pennsylvania
Cranberry's New Zoning Districts Follow Smart-Growth Principles
In a move away from ''big-box'' retail and ''cookie-cutter'' subdivisions, the Cranberry Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors jointly endorsed three new zoning districts for the township's mostly rural northern part -- the 80-acre Town Center district, the 500-acre Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) district, and the 30-acre Mixed-Use Corridor district -- all to preserve local character, reduce car-dependency, encourage healthier lifestyles, and ensure community inter-connectedness.
The Town Center and TND districts, reports Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Karen Kane, will feature pedestrian-friendly streets, a variety of housing styles, and parking in back alleys -- the former introducing residential use into a primarily retail and commercial zone, the latter ushering some retail and commercial uses into a primarily residential zone.
The Mixed-Use Corridor district will focus on smaller, two-story structures characteristic of a main street. Cranberry assistant manager Dan Santoro expects developers to submit proposals for TND and corridor projects immediately after supervisors approve the districts in November or December, with the approval of a Town Center zoning ordinance likely in January or February. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
10/3/2004
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