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Council opens hearings and advances zoning-code updates on historic review, accessory units and marijuana rules
Summary
Lebanon City Council on Jan. 14 opened public hearings and advanced first readings to revise the Architectural Review Overlay, allow accessory dwelling units in most residential zones and implement voter-approved marijuana ballot language.
Lebanon City Council held public hearings Jan. 14 and moved forward with multiple zoning-code changes that would adjust the city’s Architectural Review Overlay (ARO), add accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as a permitted use in most residential districts and update local marijuana-dispensary and possession language following a November ballot measure.
The proposed ARO and ADU text and map changes implement recommendations from the Envision Lebanon comprehensive plan and a Planning Commission review; planners said the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the ARO map and text changes at its Nov. 19 meeting.
City staff described a tiered ARO approach that would reclassify properties inside the overlay into three tiers based on historic significance. Tier 1 would cover the most historically significant properties and require a certificate of appropriateness (COA) and Planning Commission review for visible, significant exterior modifications; Tier 2 would have…
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