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Ames planning commission backs removing mandatory 10% PUD open-space set‑aside for infill projects
Summary
The Ames Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the City Council eliminate a 10% common open‑space requirement in the PUD overlay for infill sites (two acres or smaller), leaving open‑space decisions to case‑by‑case review under PUD purpose standards.
The Ames Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council remove the Planning Unit Development (PUD) overlay rule that requires a 10% common open‑space set‑aside for infill projects two acres or smaller.
The move means developers seeking a PUD for small infill sites would no longer have a fixed 10% open‑space requirement; instead, the commission said, each project would be judged against the PUD purpose statement and design standards on a case‑by‑case basis.
City planning staff told the commission the amendment was requested by an applicant working on a South Fourth Street project and that the change would apply to…
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