Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Planning board tables cottage-development UDO amendment after extended debate on ‘guardrails’
Summary
The Planning Board opened debate on TA2024-10, a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to change cottage-development standards; the board tabled the amendment and directed staff to draft a narrower approach that could allow a conditional-use pathway.
The Mooresville Planning Board on Tuesday discussed TA2024-10, a text amendment proposing multiple changes to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) cottage-development standards, and ultimately voted to table the item so staff and applicants can refine a narrower, conditional approach.
Planning staff member David Cole told the board TA2024-10 would amend several UDO sections, chiefly chapter 4.3.3.B.2 (use standards), the cottage definition, and a subdivision standard in chapter 6.2.1. He said the amendment arose from requests by the developer behind Cottages at Back Creek and noted the cottage provisions were adopted in February 2022 and had not been revised since.
Cole outlined the principal proposed changes: removal of the minimum 4,000-square-foot lot standard where lots are subdivided (staff said 4,000 sf is too large to preserve cottage orientation), a proposal that 50% of units be capped at 1,800 square feet…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
