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Milford planning commission recommends ordinance 03-2025 tightening front setback, raising height and lot coverage limits
Summary
The Milford Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend Ordinance 03-2025 to the City Council after staff and a state review prompted changes including a single 25-foot front setback, increased building height to 30 feet, and higher lot coverage limits.
The Milford Planning and Zoning Commission voted on June 11 to recommend Ordinance 03-2025, a revision to the city's development standards, to the Milford City Council.
Planning and Zoning Administrator Lisa Thompson summarized changes staff made after consulting the state office that reviews property-rights matters. Thompson read the office's recommendation that the commission remove dual front-setback options and adopt a single front setback: "after reviewing your draft ordinance, I recommend removing the 2 options for the front setback ... A consistent 25 foot front setback is typical and should be sufficient to accommodate vehicles," she told the commission, citing the outside review.
The ordinance as revised sets a flat 25-foot front setback measured to the back of curb (including sidewalk), adds a two-option side setback for corner lots (either 15 or 25 feet), raises the maximum building height from 25 feet to 30 feet, increases allowable lot coverage from 40% to 50%, and removes a minimum dwelling size requirement in RM and MR zoning districts while retaining a 1,000-square-foot minimum in the RM6S district.
Commissioners discussed vehicle sizes and how the sidewalk (4 to 5 feet) affects usable driveway length; Thompson explained that the 25-foot front setback would include sidewalk width and likely leave roughly 20 feet of driveway after the sidewalk is accounted for. After discussion, Commissioner Luke Ambrose moved to recommend the ordinance to the council. The commission completed a roll-call vote: Luke Ambrose, aye; Wayne Mulberry, aye; Les Whitby, yes. The motion passed.
Thompson said she included illustrative diagrams in the ordinance packet to clarify how the setbacks apply and that the change to a single front setback was made based on the Office of Property Rights feedback.
The ordinance will move to the Milford City Council for consideration and any subsequent public hearings or second readings required by the council.
The commission did not adopt final zoning text at this meeting; it recommended the draft to the council for approval.
