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Livingston land use board debates zoning overhaul: heights, PUD incentives, short‑term rentals and riparian setbacks
Summary
The consolidated land use board continued review of a comprehensive zoning code update Oct. 8, 2025. Staff proposed limiting downtown CBD height to 60 feet (state minimum), adding a Light Mixed Use district capped at 36 feet and allowing PUD incentives to raise LMU PUD height to 40 feet; board also debated short‑term rental licensing and disputed riparian setback proposals.
The Livingston consolidated land use board spent much of its Oct. 8 meeting discussing a proposed comprehensive zoning code update that would change district names and heights, add short‑term‑rental regulations and introduce new text governing conditional uses and PUD incentives.
Jennifer (city planning staff) told the board that recent state law constrains local height limits in certain commercial and industrial districts and explained staff's proposal to set a 60‑foot cap in the Central Business District (the minimum allowed by state law) and introduce a Light Mixed Use (LMU) district with a 36‑foot cap along Park Street and nearby corridors. She said the map amendments will go to the city commission, but the land use board's role that evening was to recommend text changes.
"The CBD, we are recommending that it is limited to 60 feet in height," Jennifer said, explaining the limit reflects state statutory changes. The…
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