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By Tiffany Erickson
HYDE PARK - An ordinance that the City Council has been plugging away at for the last six years has been pushed forward to a second public hearing. The hearing is scheduled for April 21 at 7 p.m. In concern for housing needs of senior citizens, the Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning ordinance is intended to allow the development of multi-unit housing in the city under separate and regulated requirements. The developments will be exclusively for people 55 and older. Currently Hyde Park's zoning ordinance will allow no more than two units per acre, however property under the planned unit development will be allowed six units and will be single family dwellings. It is a move that developers have been waiting for a long time but zoning made it impossible. Residents did not want to have apartment complexes in the area, however with senior citizen housing being so restrictive, they were willing to take a second look. Councilman Charles Wheeler said it is necessary and appropriate that there be requirements and regulations other than lot to lot subdivision basis so as to provide flexibility for this specific type of development. The council has put together a bulky working draft of the ordinance which outlines and defines the purpose, conditions, procedures and standards of them new ordinance. "There is a lot going on in this ordinance," said Wheeler. "We are going to draw up a summary [for citizens to look at before the hearing] detailing highlights and points and how it will effect the community.
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