Planning Commission approves R‑2/R‑3 text amendment and rezones scattered R‑3 parcels to new R‑2

The Wyoming Planning Commission on a unanimous vote adopted a set of text amendments to the city zoning code and recommended that all R‑3 parcels be rezoned into a new combined R‑2 residential district.

Planner Nicole, presenting the measure, said the city’s master plan, Wyoming Reimagined (adopted 2021), directs steps to support reinvestment in established neighborhoods and to better accommodate home additions and smaller housing types. She told commissioners that an analysis showed a large share of R‑2 and R‑3 parcels do not meet current lot‑size and width minimums — figures cited during the presentation characterized roughly 63% nonconforming across affected parcels and particularly high nonconformity in the R‑3 district — and that the result limits homeowners’ ability to add bathrooms,…