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Committee backs recommendation to draft Garden City overlay zoning ordinance tied to CLT
Summary
The committee voted to ask the assembly to direct staff to draft an ordinance exploring overlay zoning for the Garden City site (and CLT-related parcels), with staff recommending overlay zoning to provide flexible lot, setback and coverage rules while tying affordability controls to a CLT.
Permitting official Stacy Fairbanks explained to the Health, Education & Welfare Committee on Feb. 27 how an overlay zoning district could give Skagway flexible development rules—such as smaller minimum lots, greater lot coverage and reduced setbacks—targeted to specific areas to enable more housing. "Overlay zoning districts...apply regulations that can be flexible," Fairbanks said, listing ways the overlay could be tailored.
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