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Council lowers downtown lot-size threshold to 3,000 sq ft to reduce nonconforming parcels
Summary
Monroe reduced the central mixed-use zoning minimum lot size from 5,000 to 3,000 square feet to align downtown lots with comparable communities and reduce nonconforming status for small parcels; council approved the amendment during the meeting.
The Common Council voted to amend the central mixed-use zoning standard, reducing the minimum lot-size requirement in the downtown district from 5,000 square feet to 3,000. Staff said many downtown lots are already smaller than 5,000, making them technically nonconforming under the existing code.
Administrator Rindy said the change is intended to make the city’s downtown rules more comparable to peer communities and to reduce regulatory hardship when subdividing or creating new lots. Council members asked about impacts on specific parcels; staff indicated existing legal nonconforming lots would remain as such and the change primarily affects new lots, subdivisions or conversions. The ordinance passed on a voice/roll-call vote.
