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Council narrows small‑lot design standards to 2 of 10 after developer opposition; council approves first reading as amended
Summary
After public hearings and testimony from a local developer, the council amended small‑lot development design standards to require a minimum of 2 of 10 listed design items (reduced from staff proposal of 5 of 10 and an earlier 6-of-6 standard) and approved first reading of ordinance 49-35 as amended.
The Lewiston City Council on first reading approved ordinance 49-35, amending the city's small‑lot and zero‑lot line development design standards to require developers to meet a minimum of two items from a 10‑item design menu.
Assistant City Planner Katie Hollingshead outlined the history: the city introduced small‑lot development standards in 2006, amended them in 2021 to add six mandatory design standards, and later convened planning and zoning and a city committee to revisit the rules after developers said the standards limited use of the small‑lot option. Planning and zoning proposed a…
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