City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Planning and Zoning Commission  
Conference Rooms  
1A/B  
Thursday, March 9, 2023  
5:30 PM  
Work Session  
Columbia City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
6 -  
Present:  
Sara Loe, Anthony Stanton, Michael MacMann, Robbin Kimbell, Peggy Placier and  
Shannon Wilson  
3 - Tootie Burns, Valerie Carroll and Sharon Geuea Jones  
Excused:  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Meeting agenda adopted unanimously  
Approve agenda as presented  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
February 23, 2023 Work Session  
February 23, 2023 work session minutes adopted as presented.  
Approve minutes as submitted  
V. OLD BUSINESS  
A. UDC Text Amendment - RC (Residential Cottage) District  
Mr. Zenner gave an overview of the proposed R-C District text change to date. He  
covered the proposed cottage definitions and highlighted the form-based  
standards that were attached with the staff memo. In relation to proposed  
form-based standards, he reiterated that the intent of the district is to provide  
housing that is affordable, not cute and picturesque. Requiring additional  
architectural elements, while well-intended, could increase costs and ultimately  
undermine the purpose of the district.  
He worked through the UDC and noted where the code would be amended  
regarding mention of cottages, including removing the Board of Adjustment  
procedures for cottage standards. Of note to other revisions was removing the  
provision that stated no more than 1-acre could be replatted to permit “cottage”  
lots without being within a “cottage” subdivision. This provision had been  
discussed at a few cottage standard development applications and had been  
interpreted to be applied to replats/resubdivisions. However, “cottage  
subdivisions” or “cottage” lots were never previously defined in the UDC.  
Mr. Zenner explained proposed dimensional standard boundaries for cottage-style  
development so that there would be assurance that the desired style of  
development (i.e. small footprint detached single-family housing) was all that  
could occur on an R-C lot. The most substantial change was a proposed maximum  
lot area so that cottage-sized lots are guaranteed within the R-C zoning district.  
The topic of sub-standard lots was brought up from previous work sessions. The  
Commission and staff discussed factors such as utilities, driveways, and parking  
requirements and how these factors impact minimum criteria for dimensional  
standards. Continued discussion of how to best enable sub-standard lots to be used  
without replatting or resubdividing existing lots.  
He noted that he would prepare a more complete text change relating to this topic  
for a future work session. He stated that future work sessions may be postponed  
given the current staffing issues and lack of capacity to work on additional  
assignments outside of development applications.  
VI. NEXT MEETING DATE - March 23, 2023 @ 5:30 pm (tentative)  
VII. ADJOURNMENT  
Meeting adjourned at approximately 6:59 pm  
Motion to adjourn