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Developer urges zoning change to allow smaller lots; Pleasant Hills Phase 3 hearing advances with TIF and affordability commitments
Summary
A small infill developer asked the Grand Rapids City Commission to lower the minimum lot-area-per-unit rule from 2,000 to 1,000 square feet to allow more small, naturally affordable units; the commission also heard a public hearing for Pleasant Hills Phase 3, a 27-unit development with 16 income-restricted units and multiple city financing commitments.
Nathan Biller, a small infill developer, told the commission he returned to urge a narrow zoning change he said would “significantly boost our ability to address the housing shortage in Grand Rapids.” Biller asked the commission to lower the minimum lot area per unit in certain zoning districts from 2,000 square feet to 1,000 square feet, arguing the current 2,000-square-foot standard forces larger, more expensive units and makes it harder to build naturally affordable housing without subsidy. “Consider lowering the minimum lot area per unit from 2,000 square feet to 1,000 square feet,” he said.
Biller said his own…
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