Planning Support Services
Hackett Planning provides planning services that help communities translate housing goals into clear, implementable policy. Through missing middle housing strategies and cutting edge zoning reform, we support practical solutions that unlock housing options and improve development outcomes.
Ordinance Writing & Zoning Reform
Missing Middle Housing Policy
Ordinance Writing & Zoning Reform
Communities often need updated regulatory tools to respond to evolving housing types, development patterns, and local priorities. Hackett Planning LLC provides ordinance writing and zoning reform services that translate policy goals into clear, implementable regulations tailored to local context and aligned with best practices. From concept through adoption, we help communities expand housing options, improve predictability, and support high quality development.
Our work focuses on modernizing zoning and development standards by addressing gaps, removing outdated provisions, and improving clarity and feasibility while respecting community character and long term goals.
Services include:
• Drafting ordinances for housing types such as ADUs, cottage courts, and missing middle housing
• Zoning code audits focused on housing feasibility and diversity
• Purpose statements, applicability, and development standards
• Identification of missing or underperforming zoning tools
• Updates to dimensional, use, and parking standards
• Streamlined approval and permitting processes
• Zoning text amendments to support attainable and missing middle housing
• Coordination with legal counsel, staff, and decision makers
• Implementation guidance and public facing education materials
Who It’s For: Municipalities, developers, planners, and policymakers committed to expanding the housing supply through innovative solutions and progressive housing strategies.
Contact us to learn how Hackett Planning can unlock housing diversity and support your community’s growth goals.
Missing Middle Housing
Missing middle housing fills the crucial gap between traditional single-family homes and large apartment complexes by offering diverse, medium-density housing solutions such as duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, twinhomes, cottage courts, and multiplexes. These housing types are vital tools for cities and developers addressing the affordable housing crisis, promoting walkable neighborhoods, and encouraging sustainable growth. At Hackett Planning, we integrate missing middle housing strategies and infill development into comprehensive plans, zoning codes, and policy frameworks, helping communities increase housing diversity and accessibility.
Services include:
• Development and implementation of missing middle housing policies to unlock affordable, medium-density housing options
• Zoning code evaluation and rewriting to support missing middle housing and infill developments compliant with local regulations
• Creation of development guidelines and pattern books for missing middle housing design and construction
• Housing diversity and attainable housing policy analysis and recommendations tailored to community needs
• Community education, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy initiatives to build support for missing middle housing projects
• Feasibility studies and site-specific assessments for infill housing opportunities and missing middle developments
Who It’s For: Municipalities, developers, planners, and policymakers committed to expanding the housing supply through innovative medium-density infill solutions and progressive missing middle housing strategies.
Discover how Hackett Planning can guide your community or project in adopting missing middle housing policies and maximizing infill development potential.