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Zoning commission renames workforce housing overlay and removes mandatory 20% affordability requirement
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to rename the workforce housing overlay as a 'Housing Strategies Floating Zone,' remove design section constraints and drop the standing 20% affordability mandate from that overlay, leaving townwide inclusionary policy as the place to set affordability rules.
The Zoning Commission unanimously approved a text amendment on Feb. 3 that renames the workforce housing overlay as the "Housing Strategies Floating Zone," removes certain design sections and eliminates a prescriptive 20% affordability requirement tied to that overlay.
Staff told the commission the change is intended to make the floating zone more usable. Under the draft, the rename and revised standards would remove a 750-foot…
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