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Commission defers vote on proposed R/RS height limits after debate over neighborhood context
Summary
The commission deferred a text amendment that would lower height limits in many R and RS neighborhoods to 2½ stories/35 feet and clarify measurement rules, citing concerns about compatibility in neighborhoods that already have taller homes. The item was deferred one meeting to allow staff and council to propose contextual flexibility.
The Planning Commission deferred action one meeting on a proposed text amendment that would change height standards in R and RS zoning districts, after commissioners raised concerns about how a straight 35-foot limit would affect neighborhoods that already contain taller homes.
Staff planner Dustin Shane presented the amendment as part of a broader housing and infrastructure package intended to create more predictable infill and to simplify two-family use permitting. The draft reduces the maximum height in many R and RS districts from three stories to two-and-a-half stories and clarifies how height is measured —…
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