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Plan Commission backs zoning text changes to parking‑area dimensions, adds stormwater and landscaping safeguards
Summary
The commission recommended approval of Ordinance 12‑20‑25, expanding alternative parking‑stall dimension allowances, requiring engineering justification, and tying increases in impervious surface area to bioswales, rain gardens or permeable paving.
The Village of Mount Pleasant Plan Commission voted Aug. 20 to recommend approval of Ordinance 12‑20‑25, a zoning text amendment that expands the village’s alternative parking‑area dimension allowances and adds requirements to limit environmental and land‑use impacts.
Planning staff said the amendments respond to multiple variances the Board of Appeals received in 2025 and aim to reduce the need for future variances by providing predictable standards. Under the proposed changes, an applicant may seek…
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