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Wheeler council adopts middle‑housing rules, sets cottage cluster limits and unit sizes
Summary
The Wheeler City Council on June 17 adopted Ordinance 2025‑04 to permit middle housing — duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhouses and cottage clusters — in areas zoned for single‑family homes, and set cottage cluster limits and cottage size and height caps.
The Wheeler City Council on June 17 adopted Ordinance 2025‑04 to amend the city zoning code to allow middle housing — duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhouses and cottage clusters — in zones where single‑family dwellings are permitted.
The council’s action follows a legislative public hearing on proposed middle‑housing standards and land‑division language required by the state. City planner John Morgan told the council, “The city council’s role this evening is to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendments followed by deliberation, including taking into consideration any testimony received and then, by motion, formally adopt the proposed amendments.”
Why it matters: the ordinance is the city’s local implementation of 2023 state law requiring communities to allow middle housing. The code changes affect how future housing can be built in…
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