Perry Council adopts omnibus land use code amendments to align with state law and clarify standards
Mar 12, 2026
Perry City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 26-B, updating the Land Use Code to reflect state statute changes, clarify design-review as administrative, reduce flag-lot access strip widths, set an ADU maximum of 2,000 sq ft, revise setback and landscaping standards, and update parking dimensions and other cleanups.
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City Administrator Bob Barnhill presented Ordinance 26-B, a package of Land Use Code amendments the planning commission had reviewed to comply with state statutes and streamline local development processes. The updates included changing references from state code section 10-9a to 10-20, clarifying that design review is an administrative land-use approval (for example, site-plan or subdivision review), and tightening flag-lot standards by reducing the maximum access-strip width from 40 feet to 30 feet.
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