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Commission backs codifying practice on planned-development threshold tied to inclusionary housing
Summary
The Land Use Commission voted 8-0 to recommend that city council amend zoning text to clarify that required inclusionary housing units and associated bonus units do not count toward the 24-unit planned-development threshold, aligning code with staff’s prior administration.
The Evanston Land Use Commission voted 8–0 to recommend city council adopt a text amendment clarifying how inclusionary housing units and related bonus units are counted toward the plan-development (PD) threshold in the zoning ordinance.
Planning Manager Liz Williams presented a staff referral that would codify an existing administrative practice: required inclusionary housing (IHO) units and developer bonus units tied to those inclusionary units are excluded when calculating whether a project crosses the 24-dwelling-unit threshold that ordinarily triggers a mandatory planned-development application. Williams said codifying the practice will remove…
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