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City Meetings
Common Council
The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 9, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include:
Item 1: an honoring resolution awarding the 19th annual Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award to Eve Galanter
Item 11: Updates to the Transit Oriented Development overlay zoning ordinance, see Legistar #90522.. Here’s the staff memo. This change would:
- Allow a 4-home structure to be built within all residential areas in the TOD overlay.
- Ensure that businesses incorporating a drive-through window don’t default to a primarily auto-centric design. This proposal would only allow drive-throughs in the TOD overlay if incorporated into a larger building – specifically a 3-story building that covers at least 60% of the lot.
- Prohibit the creation of new car washes, auto sales businesses, and standalone private surface parking lot facilities within the TOD overlay district. Surface parking lots that are not the principal use of the property, like a parking lot for a business or a residential development, would still be allowed. Note: on 12/1, the Plan Commission unanimously recommended amending the proposal to allow auto rental businesses within the TOD.
Items 12, 13, 14, 15: Resolutions that would change the zoning district for a handful of properties (not in District 3) within the TOD overlay to be more consistent with adopted future land use recommendations for those sites (I’m a cosponsor). See Legistar #90553, Legistar #90554, Legistar #90555, and Legistar #90556. Here’s the staff memo.
Item 16: A resolution changing zoning ordinances to allow for the development of Cottage Courts-style housing in any residential district outside of downtown (I’m a cosponsor). Cottage Courts are eight or fewer detached single-family homes with common management and/or access to the site, allowing for smaller and therefore potentially more affordable homes. These could be condominiums, homes on their own lots, or on a single lot with a single owner. See Legistar #90557. Here’s the zoning staff memo. Note: on 12/1, the Plan Commission voted to approve two amendments that allow some of the “cottage” units to be attached (like duplexes) and another that uses a standard 8-foot rear setback for Cottage Courts rather than whatever rear setback applies in the underlying zoning district…