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Victoria Planning Commission reviews proposed business-district standards in Article 3 draft
Summary
At a planning commission meeting, city staff presented proposed Article 3 zoning code changes focused on business-district standards —parking dimensions, Knox-box requirements, Central Business District design rules and shared-parking allowances—while commissioners asked mapping and implementation questions; no formal code action was taken.
The Victoria Planning Commission met to review proposed revisions to Article 3 of the city's draft zoning code, with city planning staff outlining standards for business districts including parking dimensions, design standards for the Central Business District (CBD), shared‑parking rules and a proposed requirement for Knox boxes.
Travis Brierley, a city staff presenter, said the code recodification aims to align the zoning code and municipal code and to gather comments before a planned recodification next year. “The proposed code is about 200 pages in length, as it sits right now,” Brierley said, describing the scope and a plan to track changes with a master redline.
Brierley summarized key proposed standards. On Knox boxes, he said: “If you don't know what a Knox box is, a Knox box is a box that you put outside of business or outside of multifamily building that has a key to get into the…
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