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Council adopts zoning fix to ease mixed‑use affordable housing projects (Ordinance 57‑53)
Summary
The council unanimously adopted a staff‑initiated zoning text amendment (Ordinance 57‑53) that allows commercial/industrial/multifamily developments to count a mix of on‑site and nearby nonresidential uses toward the ordinance’s nonresidential‑use requirement.
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 57‑53, a staff‑initiated amendment to Chapter 28 (zoning) that clarifies how commercial/industrial/multifamily developments (CIMDs) can meet the code’s nonresidential‑use requirement. The change allows a combination of on‑site and off‑site nonresidential uses within a quarter mile to be counted together toward the 25,000‑square‑foot threshold (including the required minimum of restaurant/retail square footage) that larger CIMDs must meet.
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