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Des Moines highlights residential character, high tax-exempt land as planning challenges; planning commission to form
Summary
City staff told candidates the city is primarily residential — with much land tax-exempt — and said a planning commission will be formed later this year as the city begins a strategic planning process and a development-impact analysis to guide land-use decisions.
City staff briefed council candidates that Des Moines is predominantly a residential community with a large share of tax-exempt properties and that the city will form a planning commission later this year to increase public participation in land-use matters.
The presentation emphasized the local land-use pattern: the city manager described the zoning map as showing business areas concentrated downtown while “everything else is primarily residential,” and noted that about 80% of the…
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