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Morgan Planning Commission reviews updated general plan draft, focuses on downtown land use and parks
Summary
City planning consultants reviewed a redlined draft of Morgan's general plan update, highlighting a new "residential mixed" land-use category, downtown and river‑oriented commercial designations, trail and parks priorities, and potential overlay tools; the commission agreed to review the draft further and hold another work session next month.
Morgan City planning consultants and staff presented an updated draft of the city’s general plan during a Planning Commission work session, outlining new land‑use categories for downtown and residential areas, proposed parks and trails, and conceptual designs for Caboose Park and a Fishpond Park.
The consultant, John Wertz of the city design team, said the draft adds a new future land‑use category called “residential mixed” to accommodate compact townhomes and attached housing and to clarify how medium‑density areas should transition from single‑family lots. “We’ve added a new future land use, and we’ve called it, residential mixed,” John Wertz said during the presentation.
Why it matters: the draft is intended to guide rezonings, development expectations and future ordinance updates. The commission was shown…
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