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Study session reviews Milpitas comprehensive zoning ordinance draft; focus on organization, parking and streamlined review
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a public‑review draft of a comprehensive zoning ordinance update, proposing a reorganization into a new Title 13, updated use tables, modest parking reductions tied to multimodal measures, and streamlined permit levels; the Planning Commission provided feedback on clarity, parking, and enforcement.
City planning staff and consultants presented a public‑review draft of a comprehensive zoning ordinance update to the Milpitas Planning Commission and asked for feedback on the document and key policy changes.
Holly Pearson, project manager for the comprehensive zoning ordinance update, said the update shifts zoning regulations into a new Title 13, modernizes definitions and land‑use categories, and reorganizes the code into five parts to improve usability. Consultant Jen Murillo of Lisa Wise Consulting walked commissioners through the draft ordinance and map, describing objectives to promote compact mixed‑use and transit‑oriented development where appropriate while protecting single‑family neighborhoods.
Murillo said the draft includes consolidated land‑use…
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