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Planning staff outlines sweeping use‑table revisions; committee continues public hearing and requests details
Summary
Planning staff presented an extensive update to the zoning use table that adds and redefines many use categories; the committee left the public hearing open and requested supplemental crosswalks on approving authority and zone impacts.
City planning staff presented an extensive update to the city’s zoning use table and related definitions during the Ordinances Committee public hearing on Aug. 25.
Assistant City Planner Mike McCarthy and Planning Director Jennifer Carloni guided councillors through the packet, which reorganizes use categories (residential, lodging, retail, eating/drinking, arts/creative enterprises, motor‑vehicle uses, marine and industrial). Notable changes include newly defined uses such as hostels (commercial short‑term lodgings requiring an on‑site employee),…
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