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Commission approves text amendment to allow fiber-cement siding and remove rain-screen mandate in station-area districts
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to advance a text amendment to permit fiber-cement (Hardie) siding as a major material in station-area districts and to remove the explicit rain‑screen requirement from the zoning code, citing building-code oversight of moisture protection.
Brookfield’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 23 voted to recommend a text amendment to Section 620.217 (Stationary/SA-1 district general design) that would permit fiber-cement board (commonly known by brand names such as Hardie) as a major exterior material and delete the zoning-code requirement for a rain screen on those materials.
Staff told the commission the current zoning language permits certain wood-composite siding but not…
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