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Morgan planners refine 20-year general plan, add 'residential mixed' category and discuss overlay tools
Summary
Planning commissioners reviewed a 20-year general-plan update on Nov. 18 that removes gross-density language, adds a "residential mixed" land-use category for townhomes/twin homes, and reaffirmed overlay zones (MRO) as a negotiated tool developers can request in exchange for public amenities.
Morgan planning commissioners spent the Nov. 18 work session focused on updates to the citys 20-year general plan, particularly future land use and zoning tools intended to guide where denser housing and commercial development should locate.
Jake Young, the city planner, framed the update as a broad, long-range document and said one change is the removal of a gross-density metric in favor of clearer land-use categories. "We removed any of the language with the gross density," Young said, adding the draft map introduces a new "residential mixed" category to capture attached and detached housing types — townhomes, twin homes and accessory dwelling units — while continuing to encourage individual homeownership.
Commissioners spent substantial time discussing overlay zones, especially the Mixed Residential Overlay (MRO) adopted about a year ago.…
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