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Marquette adopts broad Land Development Code amendments aimed at increasing housing options
Summary
The Marquette City Commission adopted Ordinance 25-07, a comprehensive update to the city's Land Development Code that relaxes some setbacks and adds housing types such as quadplexes and accessory dwelling units to encourage more housing supply; the vote was 7-0.
The Marquette City Commission unanimously approved ordinance 25-07 on June 30, 2025, adopting a comprehensive set of amendments to the city's Land Development Code aimed at increasing housing variety and clarifying multiple land-use definitions.
City planning staff and the planning commission presented the package as the product of several months of review and public meetings. Sarah Mittelfeld, who led the presentation, said the changes focus heavily on housing: "we're trying to sort of honor the tradition of the single family home in…
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