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Planning commission watches training on "missing middle" housing, form-based codes and impact fees
Summary
Officials viewed three short trainings on missing-middle housing and form-based codes and discussed how those concepts and impact-fee realities could apply in North Ogden, with commissioners raising issues about design quality, parking and where to allow increased housing types.
The North Ogden City Planning Commission used its required training slot on April 2 to view and discuss short presentations about missing-middle housing, form-based codes and impact fees and to consider whether any of the concepts would be appropriate for North Ogden's neighborhoods.
Scott Hess, Community and Economic Development Director, framed the training as a housing-focused session consisting of three short videos (two on missing-middle housing and form-based codes and a brief state video on impact fees) plus an article titled "Five practical zoning hacks for missing middle housing." Hess said the goal was to expose commissioners to options for diversifying housing types and to the trade-offs those changes involve.
What commissioners saw and discussed
- Missing-middle housing: the videos defined the term as housing types between single-family homes and larger apartment buildings (duplexes, fourplexes, bungalow courts, courtyard apartments) that are similar in scale to houses. A presenter noted these types historically existed in many cities but are now "missing" because…
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