Lewiston council trims zoning bill, removes mandatory outdoor-recreation standard for larger multifamily projects

Lewiston City Council on first reading approved a package of zoning-code amendments implementing portions of the city's Envision Lewiston 2044 comprehensive plan but removed a proposed mandatory outdoor-recreation requirement for multifamily projects.

City Planner Joel Plaskon told the council the draft amendments were developed by a council-appointed committee and recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission as part of implementing goals in the new comprehensive plan. "The committee reviewed those goals and objectives and came up with the zoning code ideas that are in front of you tonight," Plaskon said in his staff presentation.

Resident Dan Young, who attended the Planning & Zoning meetings, urged the council not to add the recreation requirement, saying it would raise…