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Commissioners favor expanding community mixed‑use and consolidating downtown mixed‑use districts; parking and heights raised as key issues
Summary
Planning staff proposed expanding Community Mixed Use (CMU) to increase walkable multifamily near downtown and suggested consolidating Downtown Mixed Use 1 and 2; commissioners discussed parking, permitted uses and lowering some downtown height allowances.
Planning staff described proposals to expand the Community Mixed Use (CMU) designation in areas near downtown and along segments of East Washington to create additional opportunities for apartments and mixed‑use development. The commission discussed vacant parcels near Fifth and Seventh streets, the presence of existing larger structures (rehab center, apartments) and the opportunity to allow multifamily rather than strictly single‑family development on certain parcels.
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