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Brandon panel continues overhaul of zoning definitions, discusses front-yard geometry and residential categories
Summary
Commissioners spent most of the meeting recalibrating key zoning definitions — lot, front yard and dwelling types — debating a 45-degree rule for angled buildings and consolidating redundant residential-use terms to reduce ambiguity for builders and staff.
The Brandon commission continued a multi-session review of proposed zoning-code revisions, focusing on definitions for lots, yards and residential dwelling categories, and how those definitions affect setbacks and development review. Speaker 3 opened the item with a summary of proposed edits to pages 22–33 of the draft code and said the group should prioritize clarifying 'lot' and yard language to reduce interpretive ambiguity.
The discussion centered on several concrete clarifications. Commissioners debated aligning the code's use of 'lot' with the City…
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