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'Gut reaction is we don't need the height limit'
In Shelton's downtown zone, buildings are limited to 35 feet tall and three stories. City officials are discussing possible changes to building height limits.
City officials are wondering whether Shelton really needs a height limit on buildings, whether it should limit height to various construction types in zones, and whether the definition of a building "story" should be removed from zoning qualifications altogether.
Those were the questions bandied about by members of the Shelton City Council and staff members at a work session Dec. 12 at the Shelton Civic Center.
The current height limits in the city are:
■ 30 feet and two stories in neighborhood residential zones.
■ 45 feet in the airport industrial zone.
■ 60 feet in the public services zones....
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