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Talent study session: consultants say city can meet state 'climate friendly area' density standard with targeted zoning changes
Summary
At a Nov. 5 Talent city council study session, staff and Greentop Planning consultants presented GIS modeling and options to designate a state-required Climate Friendly Area and said the city can demonstrate the DLCD performance standard of 60,000 square feet of development area per net acre under a middle compliance pathway.
At a Nov. 5 Talent city council study session, staff and planning consultants presented modeling and options to designate a Climate Friendly Area (CFA) required under state rules and the Transportation Planning Rule (Goal 12), and said the city can demonstrate the performance standard that development rules in a CFA allow 60,000 square feet of development area per net acre.
Consultant Matt Brinkley of Greentop Planning told the council the city is pursuing a 'middle' compliance pathway rather than the most prescriptive option and that ‘‘the important thing here ... is being able to demonstrate to DLCD that your development rules in the climate friendly area allow for 60,000 square feet of development area for 1 net acre’’. He said a net acre excludes public rights-of-way and environmentally sensitive areas reserved from development.
Nikki Hart Brinkley (Greentop Planning) showed ArcUrban visualizations modeling several scenarios for two study sites the consultants analyzed: the 'gateway' site…
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