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Commission discusses state-backed overlay option to meet moderate-income housing plan; asks staff for draft language
Summary
Planning staff introduced the state-recommended affordable-homeownership overlay (density-bonus) as a tool to meet the state moderate-income housing plan. Commissioners expressed support for drafting an overlay but asked staff to return with specific ordinance language and suggested potential areas for voluntary application.
Staff briefed the commission on a state-recommended zoning tool: an "affordable-homeownership" overlay that can be adopted by municipalities to provide a density bonus for for-sale housing in exchange for deed-restricted affordable units or other commitments. The overlay is one of several…
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