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Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommends changes to Urban Village Downtown zoning
Summary
Bellaire Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend several amendments to the Urban Village Downtown (UVD) zoning text — including requiring multifamily be approved through a planned development process and lowering some height limits — and forwarded the package to City Council.
The City of Bellaire Planning and Zoning Commission on July 10 voted unanimously to recommend amendments to the city code regulating the Urban Village Downtown (UVD) district and sent a formal recommendation memo to City Council.
The recommendation covers several substantive changes included in the commission’s packet: making multifamily development in UVD allowable only through a planned development (PD) application rather than by right; reducing maximum building heights for PDs (the packet shows a proposed reduction from 79 feet to 53 feet for applicable PD projects); adjusting the street‑facing yard standard for very shallow parcels;…
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