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Monrovia council adopts ordinance to encourage bungalow‑court housing
Summary
The council introduced and adopted Ordinance No. 2025‑11 to define and incentivize bungalow‑court development, allowing limited non‑habitable courtyard features through a minor‑exception review; the measure passed unanimously on first reading.
The Monrovia City Council on Nov. 18 introduced and adopted Ordinance No. 2025‑11, a narrow zoning update intended to preserve the city’s historic bungalow‑court housing form while allowing limited, non‑habitable courtyard features such as arbors, trellises and pergolas through a minor‑exception process.
John, planning staff, said the change addresses a gap the city discovered during review of a recent bungalow‑court project, noting decorative features like arbors were…
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