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Topeka Planning Commission approves text amendment to ease ground-floor multifamily and duplex rules
Summary
The Planning Commission approved ACZR2601 to allow duplexes in C3/C4 by conditional use and to permit ground-floor multifamily in C3, C4 and X1 zones (with limited downtown exceptions), aiming to free underused commercial parcels for housing development.
The Topeka Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment (ACZR2601) to expand where multifamily housing and duplexes can be built in the city, the commission said.
Planning staff told the commission the amendment revises the land-use table so two-family dwellings would be allowed by conditional use in C3 and C4 districts and that 3- and 4-family dwellings and ground-floor multifamily would be allowed in C3, C4 and X1 mixed-use districts. Staff said the change is intended to free underutilized shopping-center…
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