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Committee looks to zoning update to advance transit‑oriented development, tree protection and climate actions
Summary
Members of the Climate Action Plan Steering Committee urged staff to use the city’s ongoing zoning code update to incorporate climate-action recommendations — especially transit‑oriented development, tree protection, and design standards — and identified outreach and model ordinances as next steps.
Committee members used a scheduled review to press staff and consultants to incorporate climate action plan recommendations into the city’s zoning code update, highlighting transit‑oriented development, private‑tree protections and design standards that would support active transport and conservation.
Staff and committee discussion: Louis (staff) summarized that roughly 30 zoning-related recommendations were in the Climate Action Plan and that many are duplicative; the practical priorities he identified were transit-oriented development, affordable housing near transit stops, design review, conservation zoning,…
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