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Council amends zoning to allow alleys or private easements as primary access for existing lots in limited cases
Summary
Staunton City Council on Jan. 9 approved a zoning change allowing alleys or private access easements to serve as primary access for single-family houses on existing lots when the city engineer determines a public-street entrance is not feasible; new lots will still require public-street access.
City planning staff told the Staunton City Council on Jan. 9 that a code change is needed because the current zoning rule — which requires a public street to be the primary access for residential lots and allows alleys only as secondary access — sometimes prevents reasonable development of existing lots due to lot shape, topography or constrained utilities.
The proposed amendment, drafted after Planning Commission review,…
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