Committee backs LMO changes to require usable open space and pathways in major subdivisions

The Community Service and Public Safety Committee recommended forwarding a Land Management Ordinance amendment that tightens rules for common open space and requires pedestrian and pathway connectivity in major subdivisions.

Planning Director Missy Lewick said staff revised the definition of common open space to exclude detention/retention ponds and natural water bodies while adding docks and boardwalks as qualifying amenities. The revisions remove credits formerly allowed for adjacent street and use buffers, prohibit counting remnant open parcels…