Planning board seeks rules for projections into front and rear setbacks
City planner asked the board to define which building projections (eaves, balconies, bay windows) should be permitted and which should require conditional-use review; members focused on protecting side-yard light, fire access and neighbor privacy while avoiding overregulation of routine eaves.
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Dave Dixon, the city’s consulting city planner, asked the Planning and Zoning Board to set clear thresholds for when a projection into a front or rear setback must go to conditional-use review. "What projections into setbacks qualify for conditional use?" Dixon asked, telling the board the City Commission had asked planning staff to draft code language after initial Commission discussion.
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