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Garden City council continues work session on new zoning tool, buffers and height limits for areas west of Glenwood
Summary
Council and staff discussed a proposed new zoning designation (referred to as R3L) and a set of buffering options intended to protect lower-density neighborhoods, including vegetation screens, stepped building heights, setback and window-placement rules; council favored landscaping and transition buffers and rejected a new noise ordinance.
Garden City council members spent much of their Jan. 13 meeting in a work session examining proposed code amendments to add a new zoning option and stronger buffering rules intended to soften the impact of higher-density development adjacent to established neighborhoods.
Staff framed the discussion as creating a tool for future rezoning decisions and emphasized that adding a zoning category does not automatically change any parcel’s current zoning. Jenna (Development Services) said the draft option, tentatively labeled “R3L,” would provide an intermediate choice between the city’s existing R2 and R3 designations and give the council additional options when reviewing rezoning requests.
Council and staff discussed several techniques for reducing conflicts between uses: a mandatory vegetative screen (with a “type A” dense…
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