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Council adopts zoning-definition changes, approves density and open-space amendments; several rezoning requests deferred
Summary
Shelbyville City Council approved multiple amendments to the municipal zoning ordinance, including a new definition and supplementary regulations for transfer stations and changes to residential density and open-space requirements; two rezoning map requests were deferred for 30 days.
The Shelbyville Mayor and City Council on March approved multiple amendments to the city—ode—hapter governing zoning, including added definitions and new supplementary regulations for transfer stations and changes to medium- and high-density residential districts.
City leaders said the package of ordinance changes updates Section 2.2 (definitions), adds section 6.4(y) (supplementary regulations for transfer stations) and revises portions of Article 5 governing R3a and R4 residential districts to set a 30% gross project-area open-space target and adjust the active-open-space percentage. City recorder Lisa Smith read the ordinances aloud at the meeting after the council voted to allow captions-only readings.
Council members discussed several related zoning map items. Two rezoning requests filed by a property owner for parcels on…
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