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Plan commission adopts Unified Development Code changes to PUD overlay and downtown PUD sections
Summary
The commission unanimously approved UDC text amendments (sections 13.02.032 and 13.02.034) to clarify PUD review criteria, reduce duplicative language, and change how common open space is treated; commissioners discussed whether language about considering traffic calming should be clarified rather than removed.
The Onalaska Plan Commission on Aug. 26 voted unanimously to approve amendments to the Unified Development Code (UDC) sections 13.02.032 and 13.02.034 that govern planned unit development overlay districts and the downtown planned unit development overlay district.
City planner Katie Aspenson said staff reviewed recurring PUD and PCID requests since the UDC's 2020 adoption and proposed code edits to reduce duplication, improve clarity and move review items (such as setbacks and height deviations) to a single location in the code. Aspenson said the change is intended to make the application process clearer and reduce repetitive language in staff reports.
The changes also address a…
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