Commission flags MU/TC zoning misalignments; recommends moratorium and boundary shrink

Feb 3, 2026

Commissioners said setbacks, building heights and parking rules in the MU/TC zone have made commercial use impractical and led to more single-family homes on commercially zoned land; they recommended the Board limit single-family development in MU/TC and consider shrinking the zone.

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Members of the Town of Red Cliff Planning and Zoning Commission spent the Feb. 3 meeting discussing misalignments between the Comprehensive Plan and the Mixed Use/Transitional Commercial (MU/TC) zoning designation. Commissioners cited setbacks, building-height limits, and parking requirements that they described as “largely unreasonable” for split-level commercial/residential buildings and said those rules have discouraged commercial activity and produced an excess of single-family homes within the MU/TC area.

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