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Planning committee outlines draft zoning updates on subdivision length, parking and signs
Summary
Planning staff reviewed draft chapters of the zoning code rewrite that would shorten allowed street‑segment lengths, formalize roadway stubs, expand conservation design options, reduce some parking minimums, and revise sign standards including master sign plans and electronic sign limits.
The Planning Committee reviewed multiple chapters of a comprehensive zoning rewrite July 10 that would change subdivision, access and mobility, parking, sign and floodplain standards.
Key proposed changes in the draft chapters include: reducing the maximum nonresidential street segment length from 1,800 feet to 1,000 feet (the measure would create a new definition, “street segment,” to replace the older “block” concept); converting temporary cul‑de‑sacs to required roadway stubs with maximum lengths tied to the 1,000‑foot rule; and a conservation design option that would require roughly 30% of a…
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