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Council hears plan to add ‘group quarters’ use in downtown PO zone; applicants describe 'urban dorm' at 256 E. Center
Summary
Planners and an applicant team described a proposed amendment to permit 'group quarters' in a limited portion of the downtown PO zone and an adaptive‑reuse pilot at 256 East Center Street to create affordable, dormitory‑style housing targeting entrepreneurs.
City planning staff and an applicant team described on March 11 a proposed code amendment to allow “group quarters” as a permitted use in a limited portion of the PO (Professional Office) zone with frontage on Center Street. The amendment would allow a narrow three-and-a-half‑block area to host dormitory- or boarding-style housing — private rooms with shared kitchens and bathrooms — intended for longer-term stays (proposed leases of a year or longer).
Planner Hannah Saltz said the use already exists in the city’s…
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