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Council introduces zoning tweaks to spur urban housing; full code rewrite planned
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 24-25 to alter lot size, setback and accessory-dwelling rules in multiple residential zones to encourage infill housing; the planning commission recommended the changes and staff said a full comprehensive code rewrite will take about 10 months.
The Muncie Common Council introduced Ordinance 24-25 on July 7, a package of zoning amendments aimed at increasing infill housing opportunities by adjusting lot width, lot area, setbacks, minimum floor area and accessory dwelling rules in R-1 through R-4 residential zones.
Kylene Swackhammer of the Planning Commission told the council the current ordinance dates from 1973 and the proposed amendments were written by a committee including the mayor’s office, Commissioner Brand and retired Ball State planning official Jim Lowe. Swackhammer said the changes were intended to align the code with current planning practice and to make it easier to build housing on the small, existing lots common in many Muncie neighborhoods.
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