Council hears ‘second touch’ on Title 20 redevelopment code: emphasis on mixing uses, minimum densities and middle housing
City staff presented a draft framework for a rewritten Title 20 development code tied to the comprehensive plan update, emphasizing simplified base districts, building-type regulations, mixing uses, minimum densities, parking maximums in targeted areas and next steps including further Planning Commission review and a draft map later this year.
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Rebecca, the deputy director leading the code update, and Mark Person walked council through the “second touch” on the Title 20 development-code rewrite that accompanies Vancouver’s comprehensive-plan update. Staff framed the rewrite as a simplification: fewer base zoning districts, building types that carry most dimensional standards, and targeted overlays for places where the city will require ground-floor commercial or other special rules.
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