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Planning board approves text change to allow sidewalks, bus shelters and shared‑use paths in landscape yards
Summary
The board approved a text amendment to permit required sidewalks, bus shelters and shared‑use pathways within required landscape front yards across several zoning districts to support the Complete Streets policy; the vote was 7–0.
The Planning & Zoning Board unanimously approved a text amendment to clarify that sidewalks, shared‑use pathways and bus shelters required by city policy are allowed within required landscape front yards in multiple residential, commercial and industrial zoning districts.
Senior planner Heather Waldstein told the board the amendment "is to allow certain paving within required landscape yards," pointing to code sections that govern sidewalks, shared‑use paths and bus shelters. Staff said the change is intended to help implement the city's Complete Streets policy and to remove practical barriers that prevented required public amenities from being located within private front‑yard setbacks.
Board members had no substantive objections during the hearing and the item passed on a 7–0 roll call.
What happens next: The recommendation will be forwarded to city council for codification; if adopted, the change will remove an obstacle to placing sidewalks, bus shelters and shared pathways where policy requires them, improving pedestrian and transit connectivity.
Clarifying detail: The amendment cites consistency with sections 20‑3‑162 (sidewalk policy), 20‑3‑163 (shared‑use path policies), and 20‑3‑192 (bus shelters and pullovers).
