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Planning commission reviews duplex/triplex/quadplex survey; housing committee asks staff to draft text amendments
Summary
A 405-response survey and neighborhood feedback on allowing duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes prompted the housing committee to ask staff to draft text amendments: duplexes as a permitted use in R1/R2 subject to design standards, and triplexes/fourplexes as conditional uses subject to standards and conversion rules.
The State of Topeka Planning Commission on Wednesday reviewed results of a short survey about allowing duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in single‑family zoning districts and heard public comment before the housing committee asked staff to prepare ordinance text amendments.
Staff reported 405 total survey responses and said most came from central Topeka neighborhoods. For duplexes, about 61 percent of respondents favored allowing them either by right or with standards/conditional review; 39 percent opposed allowing duplexes in single‑family districts. For triplexes and fourplexes, 47 percent favored allowing them and 53 percent opposed.
Why it matters: the commission’s housing committee is considering land‑use changes intended to expand smaller‑scale multifamily options that staff and the governing body’s housing study identified as helping provide additional workforce and moderate‑income housing.
Survey findings and neighborhood concerns
Staff explained the survey was brief and open Jan. 27–28 and that 405…
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