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Lake Forest council adopts broad municipal code amendments covering zoning, vending, floodplain and camping rules
Summary
The Lake Forest City Council unanimously approved a package of municipal code amendments on Jan. 28 that updates development standards, creates a new commercial vending-vehicle chapter, revises floodplain language and removes an obsolete camping reference following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
The Lake Forest City Council unanimously approved a package of municipal code amendments on Jan. 28 that updates development standards, creates a new commercial vending-vehicle chapter, revises floodplain language and removes an obsolete camping reference following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
City staff said the ordinance is staff‑initiated and consolidates recurring clarifications and updates planners have collected over several years. “This item tonight is a municipal code update that includes amendments to 5 different titles of our code,” the City Manager said during the presentation.
The amendments to Title 9 (zoning and development standards) revise roughly 24 sections of the zoning code to clarify definitions, reorganize accessory‑structure rules, and align residential setback and lot‑coverage provisions across districts. Under…
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