Commission discusses SDC deferrals, potential fee tools and code streamlining
Commissioners and staff discussed SDC deferral program mechanics and potential additional financial tools (construction excise tax, housing trust fund, tax-increment financing), and considered code audits and preapproved ADU plans to streamline approvals.
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Commissioners asked whether the city planned to pursue additional financial or regulatory tools to make affordable development more feasible. Scott and Matthew Martin said the city has a menu of options — grants, housing-trust funds, construction-excise taxes or tax-increment financing — but has not adopted new taxes or financing at this meeting; staff noted some relief is already provided through the SDC deferral program and a housing grant funded by a share of the transient-room tax.
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