Council adopts updated downtown form‑based code to encourage walkable development and workforce housing
Council adopted a package of downtown code updates to clarify allowed uses, add carriage houses and ADU clarity, refine NC2/NR designations, and incentivize workforce housing; the ordinance and emergency clause passed 7–0.
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The Springdale City Council voted to approve a set of updates to the downtown form‑based code at its April 28 meeting, adopting both an ordinance and its emergency clause by a 7–0 vote. Planning director Sharon Tromberg walked council through substantive changes that aim to guide downtown building form, allow new small residential options, and tighten how surface parking is handled.
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