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How PUD Zoning Reform Is Creating New Small Multifamily Opportunities
Cities across the country are rewriting zoning rules to allow duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes on lots that were previously restricted to single-family homes, often through planned unit development ordinances with dramatically lower minimum parcel requirements than in the past. Jurisdictions from British Columbia to Washington State have passed reforms in recent years that reduce minimum lot sizes, remove unit caps, and eliminate parking minimums near transit. For real estate investors, this shift is opening up infill lots that never made economic sense under old zoning rules. This piece covers what a PUD is, what's changing, and how to identify cities making this shift before it becomes common knowledge.
