Committee forwards form-based code edits including rec fee change and reduced first-floor heights; accessory building rule debated

May 22, 2025

The committee voted to forward edits to Kingston’s form-based zoning code that simplify the parkland/recreation fee process and lower first-floor height requirements; members debated a planning-board suggestion to require accessory buildings to be placed to a lot's side or rear and asked the zoning working group to revisit that separate policy.

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The Laws & Rules Committee on May 21 voted to forward to the Common Council a package of targeted edits to Kingston’s form-based zoning code that streamline the parks and recreation fee process and change several dimensional standards, including lower first-floor height requirements for most transect districts.

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