Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Zoning Ordinance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Commission supports raising vertical-clearance minimum and reviews multi-family rules
Summary
The Planning Commission supported increasing the minimum vertical clearance from eight to eleven feet and discussed classifying multiple-family dwellings (both 3–10 units and over 10 units) as special land uses in the Commercial District in Draft Two of the zoning ordinance.
On June 16, 2026, commissioners supported a change in Section 4.04 of Draft Two to increase the minimum vertical clearance standard from eight feet to eleven feet. The commission also discussed treating both multiple-family dwellings of 3–10 units and those with more than 10 units as special land uses in the Commercial District.
Village Administrator Phil Morse presented the proposed standard change and commissioners agreed the higher clearance would be appropriate. On multi-family housing, the commission favored a special-land-use approach that would subject larger multi-family developments in Commercial Districts to site-by-site review rather than automatic permissibility. Staff will reflect these preferences in the next draft of the ordinance.
