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Consultants present draft zoning districts, land-use table and dimensional standards; plan commission raises questions
Summary
Consultants presented draft appendices (land-use table, use definitions, zoning district dimensional standards) for a rewrite of the Janesville zoning and subdivision ordinances. Commissioners asked detailed questions about district consolidation, setbacks, ADUs, green space, and implementation timeline.
Consultants working on a rewrite of the Janesville zoning and subdivision ordinances presented draft materials to the Plan Commission on March 17, explaining three appendices: Appendix A (land-use table), Appendix B (land-use descriptions and definitions), and Appendix C (zoning districts and dimensional standards). The consultants said the package consolidates existing districts, proposes new districts (including a planned mixed-residential district labeled R8 and a manufactured-home neighborhood R9) and recommends simplifying the number of base zoning districts from about 20 to 14.
Craig Huebner (Grama) and Tim Shwekey (Civitec) led the presentation and described the draft materials as an initial framework. Shwekey…
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