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Planning commission approves South of Downtown PUD amendment to ease two‑family lot rules
Summary
The commission approved an amendment to the South of Downtown planned unit development to allow two‑family dwellings on smaller, older lots and to reduce minimum lot‑width requirements, a change proponents say will facilitate affordable infill housing.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted Dec. 3 to approve an amendment to the South of Downtown planned unit development that modifies lot standards to allow two‑family dwellings on older, smaller lots.
Ben Callahan of Planning and Development Services told the commission the amendment is a blanket change to lot standards in the large PUD (roughly 44 blocks south of the state capitol, between roughly 10th and 17th streets). He said the change was crafted to provide flexibility for older, subdivided…
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