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Planning & Zoning Commission reviews draft land-development uses table, proposes 1,000-sq.-ft. minimum living area
Summary
At an Aug. 12 workshop, the commission reviewed a draft Land Development Code uses table that would keep a 1,000-square-foot minimum living area in traditional neighborhoods, allow duplexes by special exception with a 650-sq.-ft. per-unit floor minimum, and lower the nonresidential "large-scale" threshold to 10,000 sq. ft.; staff urged capacity-based review for smaller but high-impact uses.
At its Aug. 12 workshop, the Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed a staff draft of the city’s Land Development Code uses table and related zoning changes, including a proposal to keep a 1,000-square-foot minimum living area in traditional neighborhoods and to retain a 650-square-foot per-unit minimum for duplexes.
In the presentation, an unidentified staff presenter (speaker S3) said the 1,000-square-foot figure ‘‘is well above the size for being considered a tiny home, as according to the Florida Building Code,’’ and invited commissioners to raise or lower the number. The presenter also said duplexes would not be a by-right use in traditional neighborhoods but would be allowed by special exception with a standard that keeps each duplex unit at a minimum of about 650 square feet.
Staff walked commissioners through a consolidated approach that maps future land-use categories (mixed use, commercial, public facilities, and various residential density categories)…
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