Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing Zoning Overlays

[VAN DEIST (vandeist]

The Suncoast Elder Cohousing Community has found the Sarasota County, Florida 
zoning officials to be encouraging and cooperative.  There's a sincere 
atmosphere of wanting cohousing to happen here.  It was suggested that we 
proceed by adding a cohousing overlay to current zoning regulations.  The 
thought is that if certain concessions were made by the County in order to 
facilitate cohousing, those exceptions or additions would apply only to the 
cohousing overlay district and would not effect other zoning districts.  I have 
been asked to research existing overlays for cohousing.  Has any other 
community used a cohousing overlay?  I'd appreciate your sharing your 
experience and regulation to use in our collaborative effort with Sarasota 
County.   .....Van.....  vandeist [at] msn.com  941.223.5880