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Commission hears Planning & Zoning request to add higher-level review for larger townhouse projects
Summary
Planning & Zoning representatives asked the commission to revisit the ULDR so that larger townhouse developments (suggested threshold: 10 units) receive Planning & Zoning review and give neighbors earlier opportunity for input; staff agreed to analyze thresholds and options but noted state preemption (Senate Bill 180) limits final adoption until Oct. 1, 2027.
Planning & Zoning board members and commission discussed whether townhouse developments of a significant scale should be subject to a higher level of review that includes site plans and neighborhood engagement, rather than being reviewed only as rezoning petitions.
The board described a rezoning on roughly 5 acres where a developer could later propose as many as 67 townhomes; because rezoning alone doesn't trigger site-plan review…
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