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Commission approves Nora district text amendment to allow extra stories for residential projects using housing incentives
Summary
The City Commission voted May 27 to amend the Downtown Master Plan, removing strict story limits for qualifying residential projects in the Nora district so long as projects reserve at least 65% of gross building area for residential uses and meet design standards.
The City Commission on May 27 approved a privately initiated zoning text amendment (ordinance 5134‑25) to the Downtown Master Plan that eliminates the separate story‑count limit for residential developments in the Nora (North Railroad Avenue) district when projects participate in the downtown housing incentive program.
Joe First, a principal for the Nora project, and Chris Kimberly, senior urban designer, said the change responds to an identified mismatch between story limits and floor‑to‑ceiling heights used in office calculations. Kimberly said…
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