Council approves text amendment to planned-unit development standards in Unified Development Code

The Metropolitan Council approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Code affecting planned unit developments, small planned unit developments and infill small planned unit development standards. Staff presenter Holcomb described the change as a targeted amendment to Table 8A and Chapter 8, saying, "It modifies the maximum building height" by character area for urban walkable and downtown areas and that open-space requirements were revised to better match the incremental scale of standard zoning districts.