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Livingston board advances comprehensive zoning text amendment; staff to host public workshop
Summary
The Consolidated Land Use Board reviewed a proposed citywide zoning text amendment that would implement recent state law changes, set new height limits, create a "light mixed use" district and add short‑term rentals to the code. The board continued action to Oct. 8 and asked staff to hold a public workshop ahead of that meeting.
The Consolidated Land Use Board on Sept. 17 reviewed a proposed, citywide zoning text amendment intended to align Livingston’s land‑use regulations with changes passed by the state legislature and with the city’s 2021 growth policy. Planning Director Jennifer Severson presented the draft text and an accompanying story map and urged the board and the public to review both before further action.
The amendment would, among other things, set minimum height allowances in formerly unlimited districts, reorganize and rename several zoning districts, introduce a new "light mixed use" district with lower heights and intensity near downtown, reduce parking requirements to match recent state minimums, and add short‑term rentals as a defined use in residential and commercial zones.
“This is the zoning text amendment that is before you tonight,” Severson told the board. She explained that state law requires certain height minimums and has changed the process for map amendments, leaving the map recommendation to the city commission…
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