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Council adopts resolution to consider banning private student dormitories in core districts, sends amendment to planning commission
Summary
Council approved a resolution to begin the process of amending the Unified Development Ordinance to prohibit private (for‑profit) student dormitories in the Downtown Activity Center and Mixed Commercial districts and scheduled planning and council public hearings.
Columbia City Council on Feb. 18 adopted a resolution to begin amending the city’s Unified Development Ordinance to prohibit private dormitories in two central zoning districts: the Downtown Activity Center (DAC) and Mixed Commercial (MC).
City planning staff said the change would remove the permission to construct a private dormitory — defined in staff comments as the mechanism that permits…
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