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Waco council revises zoning code to comply with new state laws, approves cottage-residential option
Summary
The Waco City Council on Aug. 5 adopted a package of zoning ordinance changes to comply with recently passed Texas laws, approved a Riverway Overlay amendment adding a "cottage residential" housing type and made related adjustments to collector-street plans and home-occupation rules.
WACO, Texas — The Waco City Council on Aug. 5 approved multiple changes to the city’s zoning code to comply with recent state legislation and to add a new small-house housing type in the Riverway Overlay District.
At public hearings, council members approved an amendment to the Riverway Overlay District to add “cottage residential” (also referred to as cottage court) as an allowable housing type and to revise the development’s collector-street layout. City planning staff said the revision responds to engineering and cost concerns where a drainage channel and TxDOT-owned right-of-way bisect part of the site.
Director Peters described cottage residential as “a group of small, usually smaller than the typical single‑family home, detached, around a shared center courtyard or a common area or green space” and said the change is intended to “create a little more density, but keeping the same…
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