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Planning commission reviews broad zoning-code rewrite; directs staff to return with maps and parking options
Summary
Planning staff presented a package of zoning-code revisions that reorganizes district standards, adds a hybrid specific-plan category, and proposes new rules on garages, accessory dwelling units and parking. Commissioners debated parking policy and asked staff for alternatives and a follow-up map review before a formal recommendation.
Lebanon Planning Commission members spent the bulk of a meeting reviewing a proposed rewrite of the city's zoning code, a staff package that reorganizes district standards, creates a new hybrid specific-plan option and proposes changes to setbacks, allowable housing types and parking rules.
Josh (staff) said the rewrite consolidates design standards into each zoning chapter and adds a hybrid specific plan that '2they'll be required to provide a site layout, with certain details, with this application'2 to bridge the gap between a text-only SP and a full master plan. He told commissioners the text-only SP would be limited to five acres and that the hybrid…
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