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Planning commission requires site-plan review for developments with more than four dwelling units on a single lot
Summary
The South Burlington Planning Commission voted unanimously to require site-plan review for any application with more than four dwelling units on a single lot, addressing staff concerns about multiple small structures being built without design, parking and lighting standards.
The South Burlington Planning Commission voted unanimously to require site-plan review for any application proposing more than four dwelling units on a single lot, after a staff memo flagged a gap introduced by last year’s code changes.
City planning staff raised the issue after the commission’s previous amendments exempted a fourplex as a building type from site-plan review while also allowing up to three structures on a single lot under two acres. Kelsey Peterson, city planning staff, said the combination could allow three fourplexes—12 units—on one lot without triggering site-plan standards that cover lighting, screening, parking and pedestrian access. "[The] development review team read our regulations and ... said maybe that shouldn't quite be," Peterson said during the…
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