Real estate
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
Roanoke officials discussed how medium- or high-density residential development along Oak Street could bring more people to the area during a March 3 work session, per previous reporting. This reflects the challenges cities have when planning for development. According to Keller’s future land use plan, a roadmap for how the city’s land should be developed, housing is fundamental in shaping a community’s demographics, affects the city’s tax base and impacts its economy. Diving deeper Housing density is defined as the number of units allowed on 1 acre, but each city has its own code for the number of units per acre, said Sarah Officials: Housing density rules shape local cities
Housing lot size guidelines
Rural residential Maximum one-acre single-family lot Suburban residential Maximum half-acre single-family lot Single-family residential Maximum 3,500-square-foot single-family lot Manufactured housing Manufactured home parks and subdivisions
Low-density single family Medium-density single family
Minimum of 36,000-square-foot lots Between 15,000- and 35,999-square-foot lots Between 8,000- and 14,999-square-foot lots Between 5,000- and 7,999-square-foot lots Less than 5,000-square- foot lots
High-density single Family
Patio/garden Homes
Maximum 2,500-square-foot single-family lot, two-family, patio homes, townhouses, cluster housing
Low-density residential
Townhomes, duplexes, & fourplexes
Medium-density residential
Up to 36 units per acre of multifamily apartments
Minimum lot size of 22,000 -square-foot single-family unit
Low density
Maximum 40 units per acre for 3 stories Maximum of 40 units with additional units allowed based on height or additional requirements
Medium density Minimum lot size of 7,200-square-foot single-family homes High density Minimum of 18 multifamily units
Urban residential
High-density residential
Hensley, Keller's director of development services. Low, medium and high housing density defini- tions depend on market trends, the political envi- ronment and land mass of an area, Roanoke City Planner Ashlie Tolliver said. She added Roanoke
residents tend to favor low-density housing. “[That’s] common in Texas because we have so much land,” she said. “What makes that difficult is as we run out of room, we move into a redevelop- ment process.”
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