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Council amends RA-1 and RA-8 zoning to allow multifamily dwellings and sets lot-size/setback standards
Summary
Tabiona council amended RA-1 and RA-8 language to permit multifamily dwellings in planned unit developments, set a multifamily minimum lot size of 0.33 acres (fourplex cap), minimum width 75 ft, setbacks 20/10/20 ft, and maximum height 30 ft; members raised concerns about density and inconsistent zone references.
The Tabiona Town Council approved amendments to the RA-1 and RA-8 zoning descriptions and dimensional standards to explicitly allow multifamily dwellings (apartments) in planned unit developments and to define lot-size and setback requirements.
The chair summarized the proposal: "It is proposed that we reword this zone to this is a zone which is primary use of land is for multiple and family dwellings in a moderate density..." After discussion and individual voting, the initial textual amendment passed (one abstention). Council later adopted specific standards: multifamily minimum lot size 0.33 acres (the council discussed limiting a 0.33-acre parcel to a fourplex), minimum lot width 75 feet, front setback 20 feet, side setbacks 10 feet, rear setback 20 feet, and maximum height 30 feet. The chair said the town would keep single-family lot provisions (0.25 acre) intact while adding multifamily allowances.
Several council members asked for additional review to ensure the town's zoning map and ordinance wording were consistent; one member abstained on the initial vote citing unresolved questions about existing lot zonings and hobby-farm allowances in RA-8. The council directed staff to prepare clean ordinance language and to return with clarifying amendments where necessary before broader implementation.
