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Commission discusses council request to define 'low‑rise' as 35 feet/three stories in draft comprehensive plan
Summary
Planning commissioners debated a city council resolution asking that the comprehensive land use plan define low‑rise residential as capped at 35 feet (allowing three stories). Commissioners and staff discussed tradeoffs between specificity (feet vs stories), the plan’s role versus zoning, and the timing of releasing the draft to the public.
City Council sent a resolution asking the Planning Commission to include a definition of “low‑rise residential” that would limit height to 35 feet, allowing three stories, in the city’s forthcoming comprehensive land use plan. Council Member Desch described the action as a request, not a directive, and said the resolution lists tools for the zoning phase that staff and the commission should consider when implementing the land‑use designation.
Commissioners expressed a range of views. Commissioner Adams said the Planning Commission should treat the council request seriously and warned that releasing a draft plan that fails to reflect council feedback could produce confusion and weaken the plan’s legitimacy; he suggested directing staff to revise the draft so the outer bound for low‑rise residential is three stories. Commissioner Norton and others argued for preserving…
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