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City adopts comprehensive zoning code update but removes proposed agricultural district for further work
Summary
The commission approved a broad rewrite of the city's zoning code (Ordinance 3064) but directed staff to omit and rework a newly proposed agricultural/open-space district after significant debate about suitability, spot-zoning risk and alternate tools such as annexation agreements and floodplain controls.
On Dec. 3 the Livingston City Commission approved a comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 30 (zoning) but voted to remove a newly proposed agricultural district for additional study.
Director of Planning (Director Jen Severson) summarized the text amendment and four changes requested after an earlier first reading: prohibit fireworks stands as an allowed use, fold supportive/transitional-housing language into standard residential uses, clarify the R-2 district description, and expand and refine an agricultural district concept. Severson said the proposed agricultural district would emphasize open space preservation, set a large minimum lot size and limit higher…
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