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Lewisburg staff seeks new RS-20 and RS-30 residential zoning districts; Planning Commission recommended approval
Summary
City staff introduced amendments to add RS-20 (20,000 sq ft lots) and RS-30 (30,000 sq ft lots) to the City of Lewisburg Zoning Ordinance; the Planning Commission gave a favorable recommendation on 06/16/2026 and the council will consider the amendments at the regular meeting.
Speaker 5 introduced Item 3: a staff request to amend Article 5 and Chart 1 of the City of Lewisburg Zoning Ordinance to add two new residential single-family districts, RS-20 and RS-30. Speaker 9 (Richard) explained the changes and the Planning Commission recommendation.
"What we're doing here is creating two new zoning districts... These were both modeled after the R-1 District," Richard said, describing RS-20 as a 20,000-square-foot minimum lot (about a half acre) and RS-30 as a 30,000-square-foot minimum lot (about three-quarters of an acre). He said RS-20 is intended for arterial and collector roads while RS-30 is intended for fringe areas.
Richard also said the ordinance change would alter the default zoning on annexation: parcels annexed without a requested zone would be assigned RS-30 instead of R-1, but property owners could still request a different district at annexation.
The Planning Commission recommended the amendment favorably at its 06/16/2026 meeting. Council members acknowledged the explanation and the item will appear on the regular Tuesday agenda for formal consideration and possible action.
