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Fraser commission schedules public hearing on driveway expansion rules after lengthy debate over horseshoe drives and impervious surfaces
Summary
The Fraser Planning Commission set a public hearing for March 5 on proposed driveway expansion text amendments covering definitions, dimensional rules, impervious-surface limits and permitting; commissioners debated horseshoe drives, approach limits and sidewalk/curb standards.
The Fraser Planning Commission voted to schedule a public hearing March 5 on proposed changes to the city’s driveway standards that would define driveway types, set dimensional limits, and tie driveway expansions to existing impervious-surface rules.
Staff described the draft ordinance as a package of changes including a definition of driveway, dimensional requirements that vary by whether a lot has an attached or detached garage or no garage, a one-foot side-yard setback for new paving, a requirement to expand driveways using side yards before front yards, and a taper requirement where driveways exceed allowed width. Staff said the…
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