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Planning staff moves to ease rules for artisans in commercial zones; commission tables action for more input
Summary
Staff proposed moving artisan and small-scale manufacturing from a BOZA-required special exception to a permitted use in commercial districts, provided the operation meets criteria already listed in Section 8.2 of the zoning ordinance.
Staff proposed on Oct. 8 a text amendment to the Prosper Zoning Ordinance that would make artisan and small-scale manufacturing a permitted use in all commercial districts (C-1 through C-4) provided the operation meets the criteria already listed in Section 8.2 of the zoning code. Planning staff told the commission the change was intended to avoid routing projects that already meet the ordinance standards through the Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) and to spare applicants the BOZA application fee and process.
A staff member summarized the rationale: "If this whole section is listed in the zoning ordinance, but yet if something meets all…
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