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Topeka planning commission recommends allowing duplexes and triplexes by conditional use permit
Summary
The Topeka Planning Commission voted 6–1 to send a recommendation to the governing body to allow duplexes and triplexes in single‑family (R‑1/R‑2) districts via conditional use permits with new design guidelines; quadplexes were excluded from the staff recommendation. The item will be updated to the Policy & Finance Committee and then to the governing body for final action.
The Topeka Planning Commission on an X evening voted to recommend that the city governing body allow duplexes and triplexes in single‑family residential (R‑1 and R‑2) zones through a conditional use permit (CUP) process, adopting a staff‑recommended approach with new CUP guidelines to address concentration, design and parking. The motion passed 6–1.
Planning staff told the commission that current code prohibits duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in R‑1 and R‑2 districts and that the housing committee and staff differed slightly: the housing committee favored option B1 to allow multiple 'missing middle' types by CUP, while staff recommended option B7 limited to duplexes and…
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