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City staff demonstrate lot-buildability tool, estimate ~2,400 potential units on vacant lots with permit-ready plans
Summary
Planning staff demonstrated a lot-buildability mapping tool that pairs parcel data with the city’s permit-ready plan sets. Staff estimated roughly 2,400 potential dwelling units on currently vacant parcels using the permit-ready plans, and commissioners were invited to test the tool ahead of zoning-code discussions.
City planning staff on July 24 demonstrated a lot-buildability mapping tool designed to match Grand Rapids parcels with the city’s permit-ready plan sets for single-family, duplex and four-family buildings and to help identify where code changes could unlock additional housing supply.
Planner Rowan Brady, who led the demonstration, said the tool filters parcels by zoning, lot size, street type and other dimensional requirements and checks them against the smallest of the permit-ready plan options so users can quickly see where those plans would meet current zoning standards. “We used these plans and analyzed all of the properties in the city based on the…
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