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Commission refers small‑lot housing pilot to planning and zoning for public hearing
Summary
City staff and a housing advisory group presented a two‑year pilot to test smaller lots and starter homes; the commission voted to send the text amendments to planning and zoning for a public hearing and later ordinance if recommended.
The Franklin City Commission on April 27 referred a proposed two‑year pilot program to planning and zoning that would allow a planned residential development with smaller lots to test whether smaller‑lot starter homes can increase affordability.
Scott Crabtree and members of the city's housing advisory group said the pilot is intended as a single, time‑limited test: developers would have two years to start the project and, if the pilot proves viable, the city could permit more such developments. Scott Crabtree…
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