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Bastrop council clears code changes to allow front-yard parking, sets 20-foot setback and parking standards
Summary
Council approved multiple amendments to the B3 code to clarify parking rules, allow on-site parking in the first layer, require garage facades to begin in the second or third layer, set a 20-foot minimum front setback and adopt minimum stall-sizing and parking ratios. Key votes and a postponement of a rezoning related to impervious-cover rules followed.
Bastrop City Council voted unanimously to adopt a package of amendments to the city—s B3 development code governing parking, setbacks and garage placement, after a lengthy public and council debate about neighborhood character, drainage and enforcement.
The council approved changes that explicitly allow on-site parking in the first layer of a lot while requiring that residential garage facades, when provided, "shall begin in the second or third layer," a change moved and seconded from the dais. Council and staff agreed to replace the ambiguous "layer" language in many places with a concrete setback definition: the council accepted staff—s recommendation that the first layer be defined to begin at a 20-foot setback measured from the property/right-of-way line.
Why it matters: The B3 code changes…
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