Task Force Debates Requiring Cost Analysis for Code Changes
Members debated whether cost and affordability impacts should be formal criteria for land‑use code amendments rather than guidance. One member proposed adding a fourth approval criterion to force cost conversations earlier in the process.
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A majority of task force members discussed whether the city should require an explicit cost analysis when the land‑use code is amended. Committee member (S3) framed the debate as a choice between leaving cost considerations in guidance or making them a formal criterion. Committee member (S4) proposed adding cost as an explicit fourth criterion in approval standards to ensure the financial impacts surface in code amendments.
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