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Planning board backs expanding office‑to‑other‑use conversions in downtown subareas D and G
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board voted 7–0 to recommend amending Ordinance 4035 to allow up to 90% of the office allocation in downtown subareas D and G to be converted to other uses (rather than the current 50% limit), a change supporters said would prevent a de facto moratorium on development and provide flexibility for market shifts.
On June 5 the Planning & Zoning Board voted unanimously to advance a text amendment that would change Ordinance 4035 — the downtown Development of Regional Impact (DRI) development order — to allow conversion of up to 90% of the original office allocation in downtown subareas D and G by conversion only (up from the current 50% limit).
Arlene Chees Nelson, a DDI planning analyst, told the board the DDRI initially allocated office equivalent (OE)…
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