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Commission discusses allowing duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in single‑family districts amid strong neighborhood response
Summary
The commission continued a policy discussion on allowing duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in single‑family districts, an initiative aimed at increasing “missing middle” housing but that prompted sustained neighborhood concern.
The Planning Commission held an extended discussion of draft code changes that would permit duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in single‑family residential districts (R‑1/R‑2). The item is a staff‑led initiative and a standing committee on housing has proposed allowing duplexes by building permit subject to standards while leaving triplexes and fourplexes to conditional use review.
Staff said the change is intended to address the “missing middle” identified in the city’s 2020 housing market study,…
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