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Carbondale planning commission outlines 2025 work plan priorities: ADUs, parking, landscapes and setbacks

3047158 · April 11, 2025
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The Planning and Zoning Commission on April 10 reviewed its draft 2025 work plan ahead of a May 20 trustees'work session. Commissioners prioritized revising accessory-dwelling-unit rules and pursuing a targeted parking-code review, and asked staff to prepare materials on ADU options and the landscape-code changes required by upcoming state law.

The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission on April 10 reviewed and prioritized its 2025 work plan, which the commission will present to the Board of Trustees at a May 20 spring work session.

The commission identified four primary topics for the year: parking requirements, accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) regulations, landscape requirements (including state-law-driven changes), and building setbacks along Highway 133.

Commissioners agreed ADU regulations and parking requirements should be the earliest priorities. Staff said ADU work would focus on whether to permit detached ADUs in more zones, whether to relax review processes for low-impact ADUs, and how to limit short-term-rental conversions of ADUs so the units…

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