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APC committee tables lot-coverage change, moves height measurement and ADU issues forward
Summary
The Tippecanoe County Ordinance Bylaw Committee discussed increasing building coverage limits, standardizing height measurement in R3/R3W zones, and revisiting ADU size caps; the lot-coverage proposal was tabled to February for builder feedback while staff will draft a height amendment for January consideration and research ADU-size impacts.
The Tippecanoe County Ordinance Bylaw Committee spent substantial time on Dec. 3 considering proposed zoning-code tweaks: a proposed 5-percentage-point increase in maximum building coverage for selected suburban zones, a request from West Lafayette to change how building height is measured in R3W zones, and a review of accessory dwelling unit (ADU) size limits.
On lot coverage, staff presented a recommendation to increase the maximum building coverage for R1, R1A and R1B zones (for example, from 30% to 35% in R1), citing recent project designs and an observed trend…
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