? Consent Agenda ?Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
? Regular Business 5:30 pm
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: John Osborne
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Resolution / Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment Transmittal - Amending Density Bonus Criteria and Providing for new Affordable/Workforce Housing Density Bonuses (COMP-0015-2025)
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to enter into the record this development review report and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners to adopt/deny the proposed resolution for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and approve for transmittal.
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 ...
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