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Addison planning commissioners debate UDC adoption amid concerns over timing, impervious cover and nonconformity rules
Summary
At a Feb. 18 work session, Addison staff asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend a new Unified Development Code to city council. Commissioners raised legal and practical concerns — including inspection language, impervious-cover standards and whether the town or property owners should bear the burden to prove nonconformity — and no final recommendation was recorded.
The Addison Planning and Zoning Commission spent the bulk of its Feb. 18 work session debating whether to recommend a new Unified Development Code to the City Council, with commissioners raising questions about timing relative to the town’s comprehensive plan, inspection authority and rules governing impervious cover and nonconforming properties.
Staff presented the UDC draft and told commissioners it had received two public-comment submissions shortly before the meeting: one from Jimmy Neiman and a stapled set from Lee and Roseanne Hopwood, who asked to speak at the regular meeting. “We received, as of 45-ish minutes ago, two public comments,” Leslie Knipe, director of development and neighborhood services, said while introducing the UDC agenda item.
Several commissioners said they were sympathetic to waiting until the town’s updated comprehensive plan is adopted before finalizing the UDC. “Comprehensive plans are done so infrequently and we’re just about to approve one,” a commissioner (S2) said, calling it reasonable to consider delaying a final recommendation to avoid a…
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