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Commission signals support to clean up technical LDR items: ADU basements, small mixed‑use units, Rice High School mapping
Summary
Planning staff identified minor technical changes required by statute and code cleanup; commissioners agreed to move Rice High School into a high‑scale mixed‑use district and requested language allowing accessory dwelling unit basements and treating 1–4 units in a commercial building as mixed use.
Planning staff presented a set of technical LDR amendments that staff characterized as typographical fixes, statutorily required edits, and a small group of policy choices needing commissioner guidance.
Staff asked for direction on three issues: (1) clarifying that one‑to‑four residential units inside an otherwise commercial building should be treated as mixed‑use rather than interpreted as single‑family or duplex uses; (2) allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to include basements in their floor‑area calculations so small…
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