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Planning commission approves H2 mixed-use code changes and related rezones to spur housing in 40th & O area
Summary
The Lincoln Lancaster County Planning Commission approved a text amendment to create a mixed‑use H2 district and several associated changes of zone to encourage residential development, add sidewalk design standards and revise alcohol separation rules in the 40th and O Street corridor.
The Lincoln Lancaster County Planning Commission on Feb. 19 approved a package of zoning and code changes to make the city’s H2 district more supportive of walkable, mixed‑use housing and to streamline related zoning rules.
The package — enacted by a 6‑0 vote — adds residential uses to the H2 district, creates new sidewalks and streetscape design standards, adjusts how alcohol separation distances are measured, removes obsolete H1 zoning references, and reduces the minimum size for I3 employment center zoning from 30 acres to five acres. Commissioners also approved associated change‑of‑zone applications to consolidate H2 zoning across about 31.4 acres of the 40th & O corridor and to rezone several outlying parcels to residential transition (RT).
Why it matters: City leaders described the changes as a policy tool to increase housing…
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