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Sweetwater Council approves future land-use amendment and updated zoning ordinance after public hearings
Summary
After public hearings and staff presentations, the Sweetwater City Council approved an amendment to the 2022 future land use map and adopted an updated zoning land-use ordinance intended to align zoning with the city's comprehensive plan and add design, landscaping and nonconformity rules.
The Sweetwater City Council voted Feb. 10 to amend the city's 2022 future land use map and adopt a comprehensive update to the city's zoning land-use ordinance.
City planning staff told the council that state law requires zoning regulations to be consistent with the city's adopted future land use map and that proposed changes developed by the planning and zoning commission required an amendment to that map before a new zoning map could be approved. The council held public hearings on both actions before taking final votes.
Consultant Ashley, who led the zoning update presentation, said the ordinance creates a set of new base zoning districts (suburban residential, traditional neighborhood, neighborhood mix, neighborhood transition, downtown, general and regional commercial, light and heavy industrial, agricultural) and two overlay districts (gateway and…
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