Council keeps 'not permitted' status for dwelling above commercial lots; will revisit multi-use rules
Councilors declined to adopt a planning commission recommendation to allow dwelling space as a conditional use in commercial zones at third reading, instead instructing staff to restore the posted ordinance to 'not permitted' and directing a future review of multi‑use zone parameters.
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The council discussed a planning-commission suggestion to change commercial-zone conditional-use tables so that dwelling space above commercial uses would be conditional rather than categorically prohibited. Several council members objected to altering use rules at the third-reading stage without broader public discussion. Councilman Merrill said he did not "understand the rush" to finalize the change and urged more time for review.
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