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Council holds public hearings on co‑living and Uptown drive‑thru zoning amendments; no public comment
Summary
Milton planning staff opened two public hearings to amend the zoning use table to (1) add a co‑living dwelling definition and allow it in multifamily/mixed‑use zones and (2) restore drive‑thru uses in the Uptown Mixed Use District. No members of the public spoke; both items will return for formal action after required state reviews.
Planning Manager Stahlnecker told the Milton City Council on April 21 that staff opened two public hearings to amend the city’s zoning use table — one to add a definition for “co‑living dwelling” and to classify co‑living as a multifamily use, and another to allow drive‑thru facilities in the Uptown Mixed Use District.
The planning manager said the co‑living amendment will add a specific code citation (section 17.08257) and update the municipal use table (17.140.010) so that co‑living is permitted only in the city’s multifamily and mixed‑use zones. “It’s simply adding a new … use that is considered multifamily and it would only be allowed in the multi…mixed use family zones,” Stahlnecker said.
Stahlnecker described the Uptown drive‑thru item as a minor correction to a prior update that unintentionally removed the use. “This is simply a minor correction of that one area,” Stahlnecker said.
The council opened each public hearing for comment and recorded that no one had signed up to speak. Because both items require state review, the planning manager said the drive‑thru amendment will likely return to council the first week in May after expedited review. The co‑living amendment is tied to a state mandate and must undergo the full review period; staff indicated it will likely return the first week of June because the city must give the state 60 days rather than the 14‑day expedited window.
No formal action was taken during the April 21 meeting. The council will consider adoption of the ordinances after staff completes the state reviews and returns the items to a future council agenda.
