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Staff seeks new Housing and Transit overlay to support downtown redevelopment; Blazer Ventures' Marcus Center cited as first candidate
Summary
Staff presented a new Housing and Transit overlay to permit denser mixed-use redevelopment through development agreements; the overlay would require a minimum 5-acre site, 50-unit-per-acre density and an average building height of 50 feet, and Blazer Ventures has requested rezoning for the Marcus Center property pending a development agreement.
City planning staff asked council July 9 to enact a new Housing and Transit overlay district intended to support high-density, mixed-use redevelopment in the downtown core. The overlay would change multifamily from a conditional use to a permitted use for qualifying projects and allow redevelopments to proceed under development agreements the council would approve.
Spencer, a city planner, said the overlay is designed to implement the city's general plan goals for vibrancy, walkability and transit-oriented development. Key…
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