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Planning commission recommends zoning-code changes to speed housing approvals, raises design and parking questions
Summary
The commission voted 5-0 to recommend City Council adopt Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments ZO 2025-01, which add uses (SROs, low-barrier navigation centers), raise maximum R-3 site coverage to 60%, alter parking standards and create by-right/ministerial approval pathways; commissioners and public asked staff to return strengthened multifamily design guidelines.
The Livingston Planning Commission on Jan. 13 adopted a resolution recommending that City Council approve a broad set of zoning-text amendments aimed at easing and clarifying approvals for housing development.
Planner Jayla Smith walked the commission through ZO 2025-01, which adds or refines definitions (transitional and supportive housing, single-room occupancy, low-barrier navigational centers, agricultural-employee housing), amends the land-use matrix to permit new uses in appropriate zones, raises the maximum site coverage in…
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