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Council preview: single-stair ordinance aimed at lowering multifamily construction costs to move to legislative committee
Summary
Council chair introduced a proposed single-stair ordinance intended to reduce building-cost barriers for appropriately sized multifamily projects; the measure was sent to the legislative committee for review with credit given to staff and affordable-housing contributors.
Council members were asked to review a proposed single-stair ordinance the chair said would align with the city’s Land Development Office policy improvement work and could make certain multifamily buildings less expensive to build.
The chair told the council the ordinance is intended to allow, under specified parameters, single stairwells in multifamily buildings of certain sizes where research shows properly designed…
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