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Planning commission advances PO‑zone rewrite with limits on reflectivity, flat roofs and measured height
Summary
Staff presented a city‑initiated amendment to the Professional Office (PO) zone; the commission recommended changes including measuring building height from top back of curb, a light reflective value cap, a limit on flat roof area, and requiring a traditional design for three east‑side parcels.
The Highland City Planning Commission held a public hearing and directed staff to incorporate a set of clarifications to a city‑initiated rewrite of the Professional Office (PO) zone that governs commercial frontage along Highland Boulevard.
Rob (city planning staff) summarized the rewrite as a removal of the prior site‑specific exhibits and an insertion of objective standards for building size, setbacks, parking, loading and architectural treatment across the PO zone. “I removed all of the site specific language … so it was a more generally applicable zone,” Rob said, explaining the draft shifts specific design elements from an exhibit into the code language itself and establishes parking, loading, and landscaping requirements.
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