Committee continues zoning-reform talks; staff asked to refine R2 district, public-hearing and protest-petition options

Nov 12, 2025

Lee's Summit staff presented options to add missing-middle housing types and a new conventional R2 district, and to alter public-hearing timing; council preserved R1/RP1 protections, favored moving triplexes to RP2, and asked staff for more detailed R2 options and protest-petition timing.

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City staff returned to the Community & Economic Development Committee with a multi-part zoning reform presentation intended to increase housing choice and speed the development-review timeline.

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