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Planning commission advisory body backs removing seldom‑used estate zoning and narrows options on duplex policy
Summary
Advisory committee on April 6 recommended removing the single‑family‑estate district from the Unified Development Code, endorsed a required lot‑size mix for master‑planned single‑family subdivisions and supported defining detached condos/build‑to‑rent with alley‑loaded incentives; commissioners were split on allowing duplexes citywide.
The Planning and Zoning Commission's Unified Development Code (UDC) advisory session on April 6 moved the city's zoning rewrite closer to a final draft by recommending removal of the single‑family estate (SFE) district and supporting several housing‑type changes intended to increase housing variety.
Erica Kaycraft, assistant project manager with consultant Frieza Nichols, told the commission the SFE district is effectively unused on the zoning map and that the diagnostic report recommended its elimination to simplify the code. After discussion about how SFE had functioned as an "in‑tool" for larger‑lot development, commissioners indicated general consensus to remove the district as drafted and to rely on tools such as planned unit development or covenants to preserve very large lots when needed.
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