Staff explains how conversion rules change density limits; example shows conversions can raise unit counts

Adrian Smith walked commissioners through how the draft will treat density for conversions and offered practical examples. "So right now, a single family resident can convert into a fourplex and still be considered single family," he said, and then demonstrated the arithmetic that under the proposed allowance conversions "can exceed [underlying density] by going up to a 150%." In one staff example Smith explained how a six-unit baseline plus a 50% conversion allowance "6 plus 3 is 9."