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Planning commission recommends increasing R15 front-yard setback, rear-yard setback

Atwater City Planning Commission · August 21, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt a zoning text amendment changing R15 setbacks: increasing the front-yard setback from 15 to 20 feet and the rear-yard setback from 5 to 15 feet; the commission found the action CEQA-exempt and adopted Resolution No. 027325 unanimously.

The Atwater City Planning Commission on a voice vote recommended that the City Council adopt a zoning text amendment to change setback requirements in the R15 (low-density residential) zone.

Community Development Director O'Connor told the commission staff proposed amending Atwater Municipal Code section 17.16.050 to "increase the minimum…

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