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Planning board recommends rezoning Home View parcel to R‑4 to increase housing capacity
Summary
The City of Cody Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board on March 5 recommended the city council rezone Lot 1, Home View Addition No. 6 from medium‑high density (R‑3) to high‑density residential (R‑4), citing a need for more housing; staff estimated roughly 53 dwelling units on about 2.2 developable acres, and Public Works said utilities and right‑of‑way appear adequate.
The City of Cody Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board voted March 5 to recommend that the City Council rezone Lot 1 of Home View Addition No. 6 (6.62 acres) from medium‑high density residential (R‑3) to high‑density residential (R‑4). The board’s recommendation follows a staff presentation that said the change would allow smaller net lot area per dwelling and greater building height and coverage, enabling more housing units on the parcel.
Jenny, a city staff presenter, told the board the R‑4 standard permits higher density — "1,800 square feet per unit versus 4,000 square feet in R‑3" — and that using the master plan’s gross acreage method and the city code’s developable lot area method staff calculated an allowance of approximately 53 dwelling units on the site’s roughly 2.2 net developable acres. Jenny…
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