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Burlington commission recommends updates to UDO, requires street trees for pocket neighborhoods

City of Burlington Planning & Zoning Commission · February 23, 2026
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Summary

The Burlington Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval Feb. 23 of proposed Unified Development Ordinance text amendments (TA-126) that clarify setback footnotes, adjust accessory structure encroachment language, clarify density calculations for split-zone parcels, and add a required street-tree standard for ‘‘pocket neighborhoods.’'

The Burlington Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously Feb. 23 to recommend approval of text amendments to the City of Burlington Unified Development Ordinance (TA-126), forwarding the package to a March 2 City Council work session and a March 17 public hearing.

Staff said the package contains mostly clerical and clarifying edits to multiple nonresidential zoning tables (CBD, GB and NB footnotes) and accessory-structure language. The presentation described the substantive policy change that staff is proposing: a requirement…

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