Planning director outlines code clean-up plan, flags parking and duplex rules

May 13, 2026

The planning director briefed the commission on a package of code fixes — including fencing standards, residential screening, parking paving requirements and allowing vertical duplexes — and previewed a downtown zoning timeline to return to the commission in coming months.

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In a lengthy planning director's report, staff outlined a prioritized package of code updates intended to "clean up" inconsistencies and modernize development rules in Mount Pleasant. The director said staff will bring six targeted changes for commission review, including materials standards for fences, residential screening rules, parking paving requirements for nonresidential lots, mini-storage parking standards and allowing vertical (top-and-bottom) duplexes where they can meet building-code separations.

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