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Village of Jackson plan commission reviews wide-ranging zoning code rewrite and new districts
Summary
Consultant Tim Schweke presented a draft zoning code that consolidates residential districts, creates new mixed‑use and mixed‑housing districts (C2/C3, MRH, UT, COM), and adds overlay protections; commissioners generally supported simplifying PUDs into clearer RD/RD subtypes and discussed implementation and appeal safeguards.
Consultant Tim Schweke of Civic Tech presented the Village of Jackson Plan Commission on Nov. 20 with a multi-article draft zoning code intended to simplify district designations and provide clearer development pathways.
Schweke told commissioners the draft would reduce the number of nearly identical residential districts by combining R1 and R2 and combining R3 and R4 into consolidated "RD" categories. "The proposal is to basically relabel that to urban transition" for certain former agricultural parcels, he said, describing the draft's approach to temporary designations for annexed land. He also proposed a Main Street mixed‑use "C2" district to allow single‑family homes to remain while enabling gradual commercial transition, and a higher‑intensity "C3" crossroads district to create a village focal point near Jackson and Main streets.
Why it matters: The rewrite aims to make the zoning map more legible to residents,…
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