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Commission adopts updated downtown single-family overlay: reduced front- and side-yard setbacks, discretionary alley relief
Summary
The Ozark Planning & Zoning Commission approved an amendment to the downtown single-family overlay on Oct. 27 that reduces certain front and side setbacks and gives the commission limited authority to lessen setbacks adjacent to alleys and easements.
The Planning & Zoning Commission on Oct. 27 approved an ordinance package to repeal an older subsection of the zoning code and readopt a revised downtown single-family overlay as a standalone code section (405.43).
Staff said the amendment responds to several property- and lot-configuration issues in the older downtown neighborhoods where narrow historic lots and unimproved "paper" alleys prevent homeowners from making modest additions or adapting older…
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