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Planning board approves zoning text amendments to close loopholes on residential development in commercial and mixed‑use districts
Summary
The board adopted text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance that extend previously adopted requirements so larger residential projects in commercial and mixed‑use districts must proceed through rezoning or conditional/planned‑unit development processes rather than be built by right.
MONROE — The Monroe City Planning Board on Dec. 4 approved text amendments to Section 4.3 (commercial zoning districts) and Section 5.1 (mixed‑use zoning districts) of the Unified Development Ordinance to close gaps that had allowed some residential projects to proceed by right in those districts.
Planner Carrie Mendler presented the proposed language and said the changes make Sections 4.3 and 5.1 consistent with earlier amendments adopted by the city. Mendler reviewed prior actions this year: a text amendment that removed multifamily as a permitted…
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