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Staff asks Council and Planning Board to consider revising BVCP land‑use map and to study city physical composition and height limits
Summary
City planning staff asked the City Council and Planning Board on May 22 to confirm whether the project team should study revisions to the BVCP future land‑use map and whether to analyze the city’s physical composition, including Area‑2/Area‑3 planning reserve options and targeted study of the city’s height limit.
City planning staff asked the City Council and Planning Board on May 22 to confirm whether the project team should study two related topics for the 2025 BVCP update: (1) revisions to how the BVCP future land‑use map is structured and presented, and (2) options to reconsider the city’s physical composition—specifically use of Area 2/Area 3 planning reserve lands and targeted analysis of the city’s height limit and other development‑intensity levers.
Staff explained the current BVCP future land‑use map uses a fine‑grained, parcel‑level approach in many locations and contains 26 distinct land‑use designations; staff asked whether a more generalized, flexible map (fewer categories, fuzzier boundaries or node‑focused geometry) could better guide future decisions and…
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