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Committee explores preapproved residential design catalog and pattern zoning to speed housing supply
Summary
Staff described a plan, funded by a $1 million pro-housing grant, to develop preapproved building plans (a pattern-zoning/catalog approach) to expand missing-middle housing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Staff recommended stakeholder outreach, an RFP for consultants emphasizing community buy-in, and a possible pilot focused on ADUs.
The City Council Business and Community Affairs Committee on Feb. 6 discussed creating a preapproved design catalog of residential building plans and pattern zoning to help increase housing supply, with a staff presentation led by Anya/Anais and moderated by planning staff.
Anya explained the concept: “preapproved plans are, building plans that have been prereviewed for building code and for fire kind of issues, but they would still require, a site plan and a foundation plan.” She said such plans are typically designated by zone, available to any resident, and can lower design friction though they do not in…
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