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City planning staff outline Tyler Avenue "complete community" rezoning and outreach plan
Summary
Planning staff presented a Tyler Avenue complete community rezoning project that would use an overlay district to improve streetscape safety, expand tree canopy and allow'missing-middle housing types; staff seeks further community input and will return draft zoning recommendations.
City planning staff presented the Tyler Avenue Complete Community project to the Rules and Government Committee, describing a phased comprehensive rezoning work program that staff expects to advance over several years and by phases. Eric Lesinski, chief of comprehensive planning, told the committee the rezoning effort was "triggered by the adoption of the comprehensive plan," which the council approved last summer and which sets implementation goals that zoning can accomplish.
The Tyler Avenue initiative focuses on a corridor of deep, underutilized lots largely in Ward 6 (with small portions in Wards 7 and 8). Lesinski described the corridor as having low housing density relative to current zoning: "We're at 2.2 units per acre for this Tyler Avenue…
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