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Bellaire planners workshop CMU code changes, debate front-yard setbacks and height-stepbacks
Summary
Staff and consultant revisited proposed updates to the Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) zoning text, focusing on front-yard setbacks, the height‑setback plane, maximum site coverage and how to handle large redevelopment sites; commissioners asked for more time and will continue the workshop at the next meeting.
On Aug. 14 the Bellaire Planning and Zoning Commission held a workshop to continue review of proposed amendments to Chapter 24, Article 5, Section 24-5-36 (CMU, Corridor Mixed Use). The consultant retained for the rewrite, Gary Mitchell of Kennedy Collaborative, joined staff to explain draft changes and to surface decision points for the commission.
Mitchell summarized five options for addressing front-yard design and the so-called "canyon effect"—the perception that tall buildings close to the street create an oppressive corridor—asking commissioners whether…
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