Lebanon City plan commission reviews Spring Creek PUD amendment to convert duplexes to detached homes

Lebanon City plan commission members reviewed proposed amendments to the Spring Creek Planned Unit Development ordinance that would replace an area planned for duplexes with narrower detached single-family lots and add architecture standards to reduce the visual prominence of garages.

The amendment, presented by Ben, a city staff member, would change Area B of the previously adopted Spring Creek PUD so duplex lots become detached single-family lots, reduce the PUDuP maximum from 130 units to 110 units. Lot area per unit in Area B would increase from 3,500 square feet per side of a duplex to 4,500 square feet for each detached lot; minimum side setbacks would change from 0 feet (common wall) to a minimum 5-foot side setback on each side, producing about 10 feet between houses. Other dimensional standards cited by staff remained unchanged: a…