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Georgetown council directs 20-foot cap for San Jose, 25-foot cap for TRG after residents urge preservation
Summary
After a multi-hour workshop and extended public comment, councilmembers instructed staff to codify a 20-foot maximum building height for the San Jose neighborhood and a 25-foot maximum for the TRG neighborhood, following residents’ appeals to protect multigenerational homes and neighborhood character.
Georgetown city council members heard more than a dozen residents and neighborhood leaders at a workshop on draft neighborhood overlay ordinances before directing staff to code a 20-foot maximum in the San Jose neighborhood and 25 feet in the TRG (Tract Ridge & Grasshopper) neighborhood.
The workshop, led by planning staff, focused on translating small-area plan recommendations into enforceable Unified Development Code (UDC) standards for building height. Staff explained the coding step implements the city’s 2030/master plan and the two neighborhoods’ small-area plans and described variance routes under the city’s zoning process.
Residents told the council the adopted neighborhood plans…
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