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Commission recommends allowing zero-foot front-yard setback for residential carports, with one commissioner opposed
Summary
The commission recommended that City Council adopt a zoning text amendment to allow carports to be sited at a zero-foot front-yard setback in low-density residential zones; commissioners and public raised safety, utility-easement and enforcement concerns before the measure passed 4–1.
The Atwater Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt a zoning-ordinance text amendment (25-16-010) to allow carports a zero-foot front-yard setback in low-density residential districts and adopted Resolution 0275-25 recommending the change.
Staff said the change would bring many existing carports into compliance because the regulation would permit carports sited next to sidewalks rather…
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