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Neighbors raise code concerns about high-density duplexes; commissioners discuss limited affordable-housing funds and process
Summary
Public comment raised noise and living-space concerns at recent high-density duplexes; staff advised filing a zoning/code-enforcement complaint. Commissioners discussed housing funds (LIHTC project downtown, possible $150,000 proposal), LITEC complexities and the need for a dispersal policy.
A resident told the Planning Commission that new duplex buildings near her home contain six-bedroom sides with a single small kitchen and no common living space, leaving occupants to congregate outside and disturb the neighborhood.
Judy Powers said the units lack adequate indoor communal space and asked the commission to consider how multi-occupancy units could be made to "work in a way that doesn't piss off their neighbors." Staff advised Powers to submit a…
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