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Council forces developer to revise high‑density plan; new proposal adds lower‑cost product and first‑floor primary bedrooms
Summary
Councilors said a high‑density plan that spent months in plan commission was revised after council feedback. The developer returned with a site plan that removed unwanted product and included more affordable units and first‑floor primary bedrooms in most homes.
City officials and councilors described a recent development review in which a high‑density project that had spent roughly eight months in plan commission was substantially revised after council feedback.
Officials said the developer returned with a very different site development plan that removed product councilors found undesirable and introduced housing types the council described as more affordable than the prior proposal. City speakers said 82 percent of the proposed homes in the revised plan include a primary bedroom and bathroom on the first floor to better accommodate aging in place. The developer named in the discussion was Lennar.
Speakers stressed that the city’s ongoing Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) review will not, by itself, fix housing prices. Councilors said they have pushed developers to ensure that new projects better match surrounding neighborhoods’ character and to offer a range of product types; they cited this recent negotiation as an example of the council using review authority to influence site design and housing mix.
Why it matters: the composition of new housing developments affects affordability, neighborhood character and the availability of housing types for seniors and first‑time buyers.
