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Planning staff seeks OK to adopt Highway 20 overlay edits; board asks for trailer‑friendly parking language
Summary
Planning Director Ms. Bade presented draft Highway 20 overlay text amendments that tighten design and screening standards (50% screening, transparency minimums, masonry dumpster enclosures) while allowing administrative alternatives; commissioners asked staff to add angled/trailer‑friendly parking language and plan to act on the edits at tonight's meeting.
Ms. Bade, Planning Director, reviewed proposed Highway 20 overlay text amendments and told the board required site‑planning elements would include open space, pedestrian connectivity, underground utilities and screening of restricted uses. "We say 50% has to be screened," she said, and staff proposed 25% transparency on Highway 20 facades and 10% on side streets as minimums for multi‑tenant buildings.
Commissioners asked about implementation details (whether screening must exist at permit time rather than mature over years) and requested adding a requirement or ratio for angled trailer‑friendly parking spaces for large site developments. Planning staff agreed to incorporate a parking edit and bring language for the regular meeting vote, with commissioners indicating they expect to act that evening.
