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Committee forwards broad zoning-code update that adds special-exception review for gas stations
Summary
The Zoning and Annexation Committee voted to send Bill 80-25 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The third substitute proposes modest code modernizations, streamlined processes for common variances, exemptions for EV charging infrastructure, and a shift to special-exception review for gas stations and several retail uses.
The Zoning and Annexation Committee voted Jan. 12 to forward Bill 80-25 (third substitute) to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. Michael DeVita, assistant director of planning, and Mark Dela Cirito, zoning specialist, presented a package of mostly modest changes intended to streamline the development-review process, reduce repeated variances, and modernize code language adopted in 2020.
Staff highlighted several practical changes: relaxed material and landscaping requirements for trash enclosures that are not visible from the street; allowing certain previously hard-to-approve…
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