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APC recommends UDO text amendments after debate on buffers, fences, R‑1 lot size and record drawings
Summary
The Advisory Planning Commission on Oct. 27 recommended a package of Unified Development Ordinance updates be sent to Town Council, after commissioners negotiated edits on buffer widths, administrative review of some nonresidential front‑yard fences, R‑1 minimum lot area, and the use of “record drawings” language.
The Advisory Planning Commission on Oct. 27 voted to forward a favorable recommendation for PCZT‑25‑3—a set of zoning text amendments to the Town’s Unified Development Ordinance—after an extended discussion about buffers, front‑yard nonresidential fences, residential lot‑size standards (R‑1), and the proper term for construction record documentation.
Staff presented a redline memo (dated Oct. 23) proposing multiple changes including: clarifying the definitions for childcare home to match state statute; allowing administrative discretion for some nonresidential fences when safety or security needs are shown; clarifying high‑intensity buffer options (including plantings and berms); removing a parking‑setback…
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