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Independence council adopts housing‑adjustment rules to implement state law; code effective Jan. 1, 2025
Summary
Council adopted Subchapter 68 to implement Senate Bill 1537 (2024), allowing applicants to request up to 10 discrete housing‑related adjustments (setbacks, parking, lot size, height, design) with a requirement to state how each adjustment advances housing production; ordinance assigned No. 1617 and staff said it takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.
The Independence City Council adopted amendments Tuesday to allow housing land‑use adjustments required by state law, passing Council Bill 2024‑06 which will be assigned Ordinance No. 1617.
City planner Fred said the state’s 2024 legislation (Senate Bill 1537) allows applicants to request multiple adjustments to local standards to speed housing production. "One of the things in it is, new standards, essentially, that allow folks to request up to 10…
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