Staff flags potential form‑based code conflict near canal; exemption discussed
Council asked whether the plan violates form‑based code language limiting certain building types adjacent to the canal. Planning staff said the code anticipated subdividing townhome lots and that the current clustered townhome approach would require an exemption.
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A councilor asked whether the proposed townhome clustering on the east side—adjacent to the canal—violates the city’s form‑based code. Staff explained that the code language on page 62 was drafted anticipating subdivided individual lots (single‑family or similar), and that configuring clustered row buildings on those lots would be a departure requiring council consideration of an exemption.
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