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Oxford staff cites comprehensive plan and ongoing code reform in two front-yard variance hearings
Summary
Planning staff told the board that the city’s January 2023 comprehensive plan and current zoning-code reform efforts should inform variance decisions along the South Locust corridor, but staff emphasized the code has not yet been updated and left the final decision to the board.
Planning staff emphasized Aug. 26 that Oxford’s January 2023 comprehensive plan and a pending zoning-code reform effort provide policy context for how the board should treat setbacks along South Locust Street and similar corridors.
In the El Burrito Loco hearing staff said the comprehensive plan identifies the South Locust corridor as a mixed-use center with an intent to bring buildings closer to the street. Staff noted the existing GB district standard (35-foot front-yard setback) is more suburban than the character the comprehensive plan promotes and said the pending code rewrite would more closely align zoning standards with the plan. "We just haven't quite gotten to the point where we have a full draft code that we can bring forward for adoption," staff said, urging the board to consider the comprehensive-plan intent alongside the literal code when evaluating variances.
Staff reiterated that it provides analysis rather than recommendations on final outcomes, and the board applied that analysis in approving the El Burrito Loco and Talawanda Grove variances that evening.
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