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Council debates possible compromise on duplex requested for commercially zoned lot
Summary
Council members discussed a request to build a duplex on a commercially zoned parcel, options to rezone or adopt a development agreement, and implications for septic capacity, density limits and future precedent for neighborhoods near the aquifer.
Council members spent the largest portion of the Sept. 10 work session debating a request by a property owner, Tom (surname not specified in meeting transcript), to build a duplex on a parcel currently zoned commercial. The proposal prompted questions about rezoning, development agreements, septic capacity and groundwater-protection density rules.
Council discussion summarized three pathways: (1) allow a duplex in the commercial zone subject to conditions, (2) rezone the parcel back to rural residential and require septic and lot adjustments as part of a development agreement, or (3) deny the commercial-depth change and allow only residential development…
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