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Council approves conditional rezoning for six downtown duplex units on West 2nd Street
Summary
Council adopted a conditional rezoning allowing three duplex lots (six units total) on ~0.41 acres on West 2nd Street with conditions including a maximum of six units, perimeter buffers, a reduced eastern buffer with equivalent plantings, and vinyl board-and-batten as primary exterior material.
The council voted to approve a conditional rezoning (CZM 2023‑87) that will subdivide a 0.41‑acre vacant lot on West 2nd Street into three lots, each with a duplex, yielding six units in total. Senior planner Robert Tate explained the proposal and the zoning conditions recommended and required by staff and the planning board.
Key conditions recorded in the rezoning include: limiting the site to duplex structures plus allowed accessory residential structures; a density cap of six units overall (equivalent to 15 units per acre for this site); perimeter landscaping with a 10‑foot outer buffer (a reduced 6‑foot eastern buffer was permitted provided planting counts remain equivalent); placement of four parking spaces per lot in front of buildings; and the use of vinyl board‑and‑batten as the primary exterior material as proposed in the applicant’s zoning conditions. The planning board recommended approval with conditions and the planning department found the request consistent with the 2045 comprehensive growth plan and downtown core future land‑use designation that encourages infill residential.
Councilmember Archer said she welcomed more duplex product downtown as an infill housing type; council then adopted the ordinance and the consistency/reasonableness statement by voice vote.
