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Fergus Falls planning commission reviews zoning audit that flags single-person households and code barriers
Summary
Planning staff summarized a zoning-audit presentation from Greater Minnesota Housing Fund that flagged a high share of single-person households and suggested changes — including re-examined setbacks, floor-area ratios and expanded use of planned unit developments — with staff proposing follow-ups to verify data and seek council direction.
The Fergus Falls City Planning Commission on Oct. 27 reviewed a zoning-audit briefing delivered earlier to the City Council committee of the whole and discussed whether to pursue code changes to spur housing development.
Clara Beck, planning staff, told the commission the consultant from the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund "did a really good job" and relayed several of her findings and recommendations. Beck said the consultant highlighted demographic patterns that matter for zoning decisions and suggested regulatory and procedural changes to ease development.
The consultant flagged an unusually high share of single-person households in Fergus Falls; Beck summarized the figure as "almost 44% of our population is a single person household," and said staff will ask the consultant to…
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