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Commission recommends PUD rezoning for 400 South Fourth Street after debate on setbacks, density and traffic
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended rezoning 400 South Fourth Street to SSMD with a PUD overlay for a 16‑unit townhome development. Commissioners approved deviations including reduced front and rear setbacks; neighbors raised concerns about traffic, density, and affordability.
The Ames Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a rezoning to the South Lincoln Mixed Use District (SSMD) with a Planned Unit Development overlay for 400 South Fourth Street, clearing the way for a 16‑unit townhome project with several deviations from SSMD standards.
Justin Moore, a city planner, described the proposal as 16 individual lots arranged as eight pairs of attached townhomes served by a single private street with vehicular access to garages from the interior drive. “The proposal, again, as I said, sorry, is, located here, the South Side Of Fourth Street. This is in the SSMD, so this is the South Lincoln Mixed Use District,” Moore said while…
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