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Plan Commission signals support to consolidate select districts and modernize duplex rules
Summary
The commission gave staff direction to draft code language to merge SR3 into SR5, combine TR10 into DR8 to allow alternative duplex formats administratively, and to draft notice procedures for affected parcels.
Commissioners supported staff's proposal to simplify several zoning districts and to allow greater flexibility for two-family formats.
Administrator Mindy outlined the first two proposals: combining SR3 and SR4 into SR5 to eliminate an underused district (staff noted there is only one parcel currently zoned SR3) and consolidating TR10 into DR8 so stacked and side-by-side duplex configurations could be approved administratively where lot-size and dimensional requirements are met.
A commissioner asked whether affected property owners must be individually notified; Shannon Vandewell said legal requirements are satisfied by newspaper publication but that staff could provide individual notice for the single nonconforming parcel and that the commission could choose additional notification if desired. Staff said they would include an affected-parcel count with the drafted ordinance.
The commission did not vote on an ordinance; members directed staff and consultant Vandewell to draft code language reflecting the consolidations and to bring those drafts back for formal recommendation and subsequent public hearing.
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