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Council exempts Old Town parcels from certain plat, drainage, and parking rules to ease downtown redevelopment
Summary
Council approved amendments to the UDC to exempt qualifying Old Town parcels from some platting and drainage study requirements and allow alternative parking surfaces and administrative approval for parking in the Old Town Mixed-Use district.
The Cibolo City Council unanimously approved Wednesday night a package of Unified Development Code amendments that relax planning, platting and parking rules for qualifying parcels in the city’s Old Town district.
City planner Spencer (presenter) told council the amendments are intended to codify long-standing local practice and to ease redevelopment of small, historic lots downtown by permitting alternative parking surfaces, allowing administrative approvals for small parking areas and exempting certain pre‑1965 lots from full subdivision platting and lot-by-lot drainage studies when no new public improvements are required.
Spencer said the exemption is limited to lots whose boundaries were established before the…
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