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Staff proposes a Unified Design District as flexible master‑plan tool for growth areas
Summary
Staff proposed a Unified Design District (UDD) — a standalone master‑plan zoning district to replace multiple village/PD districts in growth areas. Commissioners were generally supportive but asked about minimum acreage, utilities, and how mixed use would be applied parcel‑by‑parcel.
The planning director proposed a Unified Design District (UDD) as a consolidated, master‑plan zoning option to apply within identified growth areas. As described by staff, the UDD would allow mixed residential, commercial and industrial uses under a master plan and would still require rezoning approval and a master‑plan process rather than being a by‑right change.
Commissioners asked about acreage thresholds and whether the UDD could be applied to smaller parcels; the planning director said master planning could work on smaller parcels but that meaningful mixed‑use master plans typically need larger footprints (the director suggested 10–15 acres as a working minimum and said 15–30 acres or more is common). The commission generally indicated conceptual support and asked staff to prepare draft ordinance language and parcel examples for follow‑up.
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