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Planning commission recommends code changes on accessory structures, including higher shop height and revised setbacks
Summary
The Orland Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended the city council approve amendments that raise allowable accessory-structure heights, allow limited utilities in sheds and shops, and create a tiered setback system.
The Orland Planning Commission on an unspecified date held a public hearing and recommended the city council approve a package of municipal-code amendments addressing accessory structures (sheds, shops, detached garages and similar buildings).
Staff presented proposed amendments that would increase the allowable height for many accessory storage or shop structures from 15 feet to a 25-foot maximum and would remove an existing R1 restriction that prevented electrical or plumbing service in some accessory buildings. The proposal would also require accessory structures to be constructed and maintained to prevent stormwater runoff onto neighboring properties and would establish a tiered system of setbacks based on structure height.
Under the draft text staff described, small structures that meet all three conditionsare…
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