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Staff briefs commission on council’s UDC amendment and AG setback changes
Summary
Town staff updated the Planning & Zoning Commission on a recent Town Council action adopting an agriculture (AG) baseline zoning and a Unified Development Code amendment that reduced AG setbacks and lowered certain specific-use permit fees; staff said the council approved the related zoning changes in separate votes.
Town staff briefed the Planning & Zoning Commission on recent Town Council actions that set an agriculture district as the baseline zoning for newly annexed property and approved a Unified Development Code (UDC) amendment to align AG setbacks with rural residential standards.
The staff presentation noted the council approved the zoning change in a vote reported during the briefing and later adopted the UDC amendment to reduce AG setbacks. “Council provided direction to just match up the setbacks for the ag district to the rural residential,” the staff member said, adding that council also directed staff to reduce certain specific-use permit fees that apply to agricultural uses. Staff said the council adopted the UDC amendment at its February 12 meeting and that those changes were intended to address concerns raised at prior public hearings.
The briefing reviewed that the AG designation becomes the default upon annexation unless a rezoning is pursued; staff emphasized the rezoning step remains separate and subject to public hearings. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the process, and staff reiterated that the change from rural residential to AG was a baseline policy across the town to be revisited case-by-case when property requests rezoning.
