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Plan Commission forwards updated Lebanon comprehensive plan to council, citing LEAP-driven housing demand
Summary
Lebanon Plan Commission voted to recommend the 2025 comprehensive plan update to the Common Council after a presentation from consultant MKSK and staff that highlighted housing and infrastructure needs tied to the LEAP district and Boone County growth projections.
The Lebanon Plan Commission voted during its April meeting to forward a revised 2025 comprehensive plan to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation.
Commission staff presented the draft plan and consultant MKSK gave a brief overview. Ben Coutts, a city staff member overseeing planning work, told commissioners that a county housing study and the LEAP innovation district’s projected employment growth were driving updated housing and infrastructure needs. “That’s more than twice what we’ve ever done in Lebanon,” Coutts said about the city’s near‑term housing production needs without indicating a specific adoption action by the council.
The recommendation matters because the comprehensive plan is the city’s long‑range guidance document for land use, utilities, transportation, housing and economic development; it informs zoning and future development…
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