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Oakdale staff previews sweeping zoning and subdivision code rewrite; proposes fewer parking minimums and a mixed‑use district
Summary
City planner Max Lozzi told the Environmental Management Commission on March 17 that the city is updating zoning and subdivision chapters to simplify rules, reduce parking minimums, add a mixed‑use district and clarify tree‑preservation standards, with a draft expected for legal review in April and possible adoption in June 2025.
City staff presented a comprehensive rewrite of Oakdale’s zoning and subdivision code to the Environmental Management Commission on March 17, outlining proposed changes intended to modernize the code, align it with recent city plans and reduce regulatory complexity.
Max Lozzi, city planning staff, said the city hired HKGi to produce a new draft and is concentrating on zoning districts, planned unit development (PUD) rules, building standards, parking, landscaping and tree preservation. “Our main goal is to make it easier to use and modernize the zoning code,” Lozzi said.
Lozzi described several substantive proposals: consolidate near‑duplicate residential districts (R2 and R3) into a single low‑density district; allow new housing types such as duplexes, townhouses and courtyard cottages in certain districts; create a mixed‑use district to encourage…
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