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Planning Commission advances PO-zone code rewrite with limits on reflective colors, roof form and height measured from curb
Summary
Commissioners recommended forwarding a package of PO-zone amendments that remove site-specific exhibits, add detailed site-design and parking standards, adopt top-back-of-curb height measurement, impose limits on light reflectance value and on flat-roof percentage, and require a traditional architectural approach on specified east-side parcels.
The Highland Planning Commission voted to recommend a suite of amendments to the city's Professional Office (PO) zoning regulations that would replace site-specific exhibits with general code standards, clarify parking and loading rules, and add design standards for building form and materials.
Staff said the city-initiated rewrite responds to a previously proposed developer amendment and aims to create clearer, citywide rules for the PO zone: standardized parking formulas, landscaping and parking-lot island requirements, loading and commercial-vehicle parking rules, stricter facade and fenestration standards to maintain a residential character, and clearer setback and lot-coverage guidance.
Rob (city staff) outlined the major changes: removal of the existing site plan exhibits, codifying a one-story-above-grade restriction for three east-side lots previously treated in the exhibits, clearer rules for loading and commercial vehicle…
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