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Arlington planning commission adopts 26‑item UDC annual update, including short‑term rental caps and code clarifications
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the UDC 2024 annual update—26 amendments clarifying permitted uses, short‑term rental limits, landscaping, fence standards and administrative procedures—by an 8‑0 vote on April 16, 2025.
The Arlington Planning and Zoning Commission on April 16 voted unanimously to adopt the city’s UDC 2024 annual update, a package of 26 amendments to the Unified Development Code designed to clarify language, correct errors and make targeted substantive changes.
Richard Gertson, assistant director for Planning and Development Services, told commissioners the package includes five clarifications, nine corrections, two new or modified definitions and nine substantive changes covering a range of topics from permitted uses in the flex hybrid district to short‑term rental rules. “We thought we had eliminated all those special nonconforming status that we gave it… we found two more that we had accidentally skipped over,”…
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