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Planning Commission recommends code fix to allow single-family housing types in Knights Trail mixed-use district
Summary
The commission unanimously (7-0) recommended a text amendment to the Knights Trail mixed-use development standards to provide clear lot, setback and coverage rules for permitted single-family detached and paired villas, correcting implementation gaps in the form-based code.
The Venice Planning Commission recommended City Council approve a legislative LDR text amendment on Nov. 17 to add development standards that allow single-family detached and paired-villa uses in the Knights Trail mixed-use district.
Staff explained the comp-plan and code changes earlier this year permitted single-family and paired villa uses in the mixed-use district but the existing form-based implementation standards did not include consistent building placement, lot-width and coverage numbers for those product types. The proposed text amendment supplies standards for lot width, lot length, setbacks, coverage (labeled and corrected as maximums where appropriate) and building placement so single-family detached and attached products can be built in a manner consistent with the form-based intent.
Agent Marty Black said the amendment is a corrective implementation step rather than a change in allowed uses or densities, intended to make the code workable for developers and homeowners without changing density ranges. Commissioners and staff found a small table wording error (coverage labeled incorrectly) and agreed to correct it; the commission recommended approval 7-0 with the edits noted on the record.
The amendment now moves to City Council for final adoption; it does not itself authorize a specific development — site-specific projects will require separate applications and public review.
