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Belgrade council approves first reading of "Master Plan Community" zoning to expand smaller, mixed housing options
Summary
After an extended presentation and Q&A, the council approved first reading of Ordinance 2025-512 to add a "Master Plan Community" zoning district that would allow smaller lots and a mix of housing types; council added an amendment to make religious assembly a permitted use and set a Jan. 5, 2026 public hearing.
Belgrade’s City Council voted to approve the first reading of Ordinance 2025-512 on a proposal to add a new Master Plan Community (MP) zoning district to the city code, giving staff and developers another tool to build smaller-lot detached houses, alley-loaded cottages, townhomes and other "missing middle" housing types.
The ordinance, requested by the applicant for the Jack Rabbit Crossings project (also branded as the Foundry), would add standards that allow minimum lots as small as about 1,500 square feet for detached product and 1,000 square feet for attached lots, narrower frontages and clarified…
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