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Grants Pass approves development-code amendment to allow 10-foot front setbacks for certain new land divisions
Summary
The council approved an amendment to Article 12 of the development code permitting an optional 10-foot front setback for new land divisions with alley-loaded garages; planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended approval, and council added language to include some previously platted but undeveloped lots.
The Grants Pass City Council approved an amendment to the city’s development code that gives builders an option—where alleys serve garages—to locate front building faces 10 feet from the property line instead of the current 20-foot minimum for new land divisions.
Bradley Clark of the Community Development Department told the council the change is intended to increase buildable…
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