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Peoria adopts code changes to implement state middle‑housing law with limited local exemptions
Summary
Council voted 7‑0 to adopt an ordinance to implement the state's middle‑housing mandate (HB2721) by Jan. 1, 2026, adding definitions and clarifying qualifying areas, parking requirements and exemptions for PADs/PCDs and military airport vicinities.
The City Council adopted a code amendment on Nov. 18 to implement state middle‑housing requirements (HB2721) that mandate allowing duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhomes as permitted uses in qualifying areas.
City planning staff explained the statute requires cities with populations over 75,000 to allow "middle housing" as a permitted use in two scenarios: single‑family lots within one mile of a municipal Central Business District (Peoria’s CBD designated as P83) and as 20% of the gross area in new…
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