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Downtown design rules tightened; staff seeks to require on‑site parking for new residential projects
Summary
Amendment Package 2 includes new urban-core (Article 8) rules that raise design standards and require residential projects in downtown to meet on‑site parking minimums. Staff also proposed removing freestanding pole signs in the city center and strengthening maintenance and facade landscaping requirements.
City of Caldwell planners proposed a set of changes to the downtown and urban‑core zoning in Amendment Package 2, focusing on pedestrian design, signage, building form and parking standards.
Robin Collins and Joe Dodson said the downtown content was moved from other articles into a single urban‑core article (Article 8) and updated to reference the City’s Downtown Framework Master Plan. Among the notable changes presented:
- Parking and residential requirements: Staff proposed that residential projects in the downtown city center and central business districts must provide full on‑site parking for their units rather than relying on relaxed downtown reductions. Collins said the change is more restrictive than current practice and is…
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