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Topeka committee hears staff plan to allow duplexes, triplexes and quads by conditional-use permit amid strong public comment
Summary
Planning staff told the Policy and Finance Committee the draft amendment would allow duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in single‑family zones through a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) with new guidelines; residents gave mixed testimony — citing housing need, neighborhood character and safeguards — and the item will return to the governing body for further action.
City planning staff presented a text amendment May 7 that would permit duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in areas currently zoned single‑family only after approval of a conditional use permit (CUP), with additional CUP guidelines aimed at limiting concentration and preserving neighborhood character.
The presenter said the amendment grew out of a Planning Commission housing committee process that began in 2024 and included public meetings and a Planning Commission recommendation to allow those housing types by CUP, subject to standards addressing paving, concentration and consistency with…
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