? Consent Agenda ?Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
? Regular Business 6:30 pm
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: John Osborne
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Ordinance / Comprehensive Plan Amendment Adoption / Affordable Housing-Density (COMP-0015-2025)
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to approve/deny the proposed ordinance for the adoption of the comprehensive plan amendment related to bonus densities for affordable and workforce housing.
SUMMARY:
The following are proposed amendments to the DeSoto County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element that are related to providing higher bonus densities for designated Workforce and Affordable Housing developments within the existing Neighborhood Mixed Use Future Land Use and Urban Center Mixed Use categories. The amendments are limited to areas of unincorporated county that are in proximity to infrastructure and services. These higher bonus densities criteria have been clarified but relocated to the LDRs and are part of that amendment. Other amendments provide additional policy clarification and general clean-up
BACKGROUND:
The following provides a background for the need for affordable and workforce housing in unincorporated DeSoto County. Most new single-family residential subdivisions in the county are developed with relatively low densities (dwelling units per acre). The most common are the minor subdivisions (6 lots or less) and larger scale PUD zoned developments by major developers. For minor subdivisions, the lots can be larger (e.g., 5, 10 acres or greater) and can be as small as 1/2 acre if they meet the zoning requirements and any utility requirements by the State for well and septic.
Most larger scale single-family residential tract home builders prefer major subdivisions of 200 + units with 1.5 to 2 dwelling units per gross acre in private, gated communities and have PUD zoning. This low density is typically due to the likely presenc...
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