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Town delays final vote on UDO change after commissioners request explicit attic standards for B‑1 zone
Summary
A June 19 public hearing considered removing UDO section 8.30.2 and adding a ‘habitable space’ definition; commissioners asked staff and counsel to preserve attic standards (dormer limits, knee-wall rules). The board kept the hearing open and continued final action to allow drafters to insert attic standards and circulate a revised ordinance.
The Highlands Board of Commissioners opened a public hearing June 19 on proposed changes to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that would remove section 8.30.2 (floor-area rules for attics) and add a definition of “habitable space.”
Town Manager Josh Ward summarized the planning board’s recommendation to remove 8.30.2 on the basis that the UDO already regulates building height, habitable stories and built-upon area. Staff proposed a new…
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