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Commission reviews Climate Friendly Area mapping, historic‑overlay interactions and residential adjustment rules
Summary
Staff briefed the commission on CFA mapping options and an outcome‑based test for development capacity, noted overlaps with the Old Town Historic District that lack property surveys, and flagged state residential adjustment rules that allow developers to request up to a dozen waivers to clear and objective design standards.
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Talent Planning Commission received a staff briefing on Climate Friendly Area (CFA) mapping options and related code and comp‑plan implications. Staff said an outcome‑based approach could allow the city to demonstrate sufficient development capacity under current height allowances and provide flexibility in code drafting.
Staff member Alex told commissioners that the outcome path requires documenting the potential to provide about 60,000 square feet of development per net acre and that preliminary review suggested Talent’s current building heights could meet that target with limited setbacks. "Taking all those into account seemed…
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