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Council changes driveway rules to expand residential parking options
Summary
Belton amended its Unified Development Code to increase allowable driveway coverage in front yards, permit ribbon driveways, restore certain gravel driveways in agricultural districts, and add exceptions for circle drives on larger lots.
Belton City Council on first reading approved amendments to Section 26-5 of the Unified Development Code to modify residential driveway standards, a set of changes driven by permit-review questions and recommendations from the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee.
City staff said the amendments increase the maximum driveway coverage in the front yard from 35% to 50%, which staff said will help typical 70-foot lots accommodate a third car pad…
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