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Plano planning commission accepts Module 1 of UDC rewrite, outlining new district structure and residential framework
Summary
The commission unanimously accepted Module 1 of a Unified Development Code rewrite that reorganizes zoning districts into four base categories, consolidates dozens of land-use terms, and introduces a residential framework separating building form from use; the commission will send the draft to council for review.
The Plano Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7–0 to accept Module 1 of the city’s Unified Development Code rewrite, a draft that reorganizes zoning districts, consolidates land-use definitions and proposes a new approach to regulating residential uses.
Erica Craycraft, assistant project manager and zoning lead with Friess and Nichols, told commissioners the rewrite will consolidate roughly 31 existing districts into four base categories—residential, mixed use, community design and special—and reduce the number of distinct land-use terms from about 200 to roughly 110 to make the code more flexible and easier to administer. Craycraft said the change responds in part to recent statutory limits…
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