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Stow planning panel proposes smaller lot minimums, limited multiunit allowance on select streets
Summary
Committee members discussed lowering minimum lot sizes for R‑1 and R‑2 districts, concerns about creating nonconforming lots, and a proposal to allow duplexes, triplexes and townhomes on specified streets.
Planning staff presented proposed changes to residential zoning that would lower minimum lot sizes in Stow’s low- and medium-density districts and allow limited multiunit housing on designated corridors.
The committee moved toward trimming the R‑1 minimum lot area to 15,000 square feet and R‑2 to 10,000 square feet while leaving the proposed R‑3 standard at 7,000 square feet, Planning staff said. "It's the lot size," Planning staff Zach said when explaining the difference among R‑1, R‑2 and R‑3. "R1, right now it requires a larger lot size. R2 is slightly smaller, R3 is slightly smaller, so it's intensity better."
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