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Planning Commission recommends cottage-court zoning changes to City Commission

2315778 · February 14, 2025
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Staff presented a zoning amendment to create regulations that allow cottage court developments; commissioners discussed parking, unit counts and design standards and voted to recommend the amendment to the City Commission.

The City of Muskegon Planning Commission voted Feb. 13 to recommend to the City Commission an amendment to the zoning ordinance to create regulations allowing cottage court developments.

Planning staff explained the amendment would define cottage court developments, add general provisions and allow the development type as a use by right in several form-based code zoning districts. Staff said the city has already worked with a developer in the Nims neighborhood to achieve a similar pattern without a formal…

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