Park Ridge planners debate using PUD public-benefit list to push affordable housing
Commissioners discussed 'Strategy 6' of the city's affordable-housing plan: whether to weight or condition the PUD public-benefit menu so developers more often select affordable units, and staff will return with maps, thresholds and density-bonus examples for March.
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The commission devoted the meeting's longest discussion to Strategy 6 of Park Ridge's affordable-housing plan: reviewing the planned-unit-development (PUD) ordinance and the public-benefit menu to increase the likelihood that developers choose affordable housing when requesting PUD relief. Director Drew Awesome explained the idea: "the city will review its existing planned unit development ordinance and related zoning code, to enhance the viability of affordable housing projects to the private real estate marketplace," and said staff surveyed other suburbs and found similar approaches and a range of options.
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