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Planning Commission approves substitute that tightens R/RS height rules and asks council to consider inner‑loop exemption
Summary
The commission approved a substitute to a housing and infrastructure amendment that sets 2½ stories/35 ft as the baseline in R and RS districts while allowing 3 stories/45 ft where more than 50% of a block face already exceeds 35 ft; commissioners asked Metro Council to consider an exemption for the downtown inner loop.
The Planning Commission on Nov. 20 approved a substitute version of a housing and infrastructure text amendment that standardizes building height in R and RS residential districts and included a recommendation that Metro Council consider an exemption for neighborhoods inside the interstate inner loop.
Staff planner Dustin Shane summarized the substitute as setting a new baseline of 2½ stories and a 35-foot maximum in R and RS districts, with an allowance for 3 stories and up to 45 feet where 50% or more of the structures on a block face oriented to the same street already exceed 35 feet. Shane said the…
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