The Emporia City Commission approved the creation of a housing opportunity overlay district to allow for the potential development of smaller residential properties Wednesday night. The housing opportunity overlay district — which was created in a 16.8-acre vacant lot directly east of the intersection of Soden’s Road and South Exchange Street — decreases the minimum lot sizes in a certain area from the 9,000 square feet mandated in city codes to 5,800 square feet. This would consequently increase the number of residential units that could be built within the identified area and could be a more cost-effective means of developing housing.
Source: Emporia Gazette
