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Plan Commission keeps 40% rule, adds design standard and removes ARB size-exception for front-facing garages
Summary
The commission recommended to council to keep the 40% threshold for allowing front-entry garages, add an architectural-integration requirement for offset garage elements, and remove an ARB exception that previously allowed the ARB to approve larger garage sizes under a 40% test; the committee votes were 9–0 (keep 40%), unanimous for the architectural addition, and 8–1 to remove the ARB size-exception (Grace opposed).
The Webster Groves Plan Commission reviewed a proposed zoning text amendment to section 53.203 governing front-facing garages and made three separate recommendations to city council.
Staff framed three possible changes: retain the existing 40% rule that allows front-entry garages where 40% or more of dwellings on both sides of a block have front-entry garages; add a requirement that offset garage elements match the primary materials and architectural character; and eliminate a size exception that allowed the Architectural Review Board (ARB) to approve garages…
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