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Moline council advances ordinance to allow much smaller single‑family lots, prompting questions about setbacks and parking
Summary
A proposed text amendment to Moline’s zoning code that would lower minimum lot size from 6,000 to 2,000 square feet, raise allowed primary‑residence lot coverage and reduce required parking advanced to a second reading after a public hearing with no public testimony.
A proposed change to Moline’s zoning and land‑development code that would shrink the minimum buildable lot size and loosen bulk‑standards advanced to second reading Wednesday after a council public hearing with no members of the public speaking. Alderperson Timmyen, who introduced the text amendment at the public hearing, told the council the proposal responds to changing housing demand and affordability pressures and would let smaller homes fit existing smaller lots. “Thirty percent of the lots within Moline are under 6,000 square feet,” Alderperson Timmyen said, and the current rules force variances and extra steps that he said discourage smaller…
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