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Committees split on transit‑oriented density changes but advance O‑14‑25 after heated debate
Summary
Amendment 6 — a package tying density bonuses to transit improvements, community benefit agreements and tax‑increment financing — prompted extensive debate over development incentives and timing. Environmental Matters recommended the amendment; Rules members urged delay but the joint committees advanced the ordinance as amended.
A contentious package of changes to O‑14‑25 intended to incentivize transit‑oriented development and link density increases to community benefits drew lengthy debate at the Oct. 3 joint committee meeting before committees ultimately advanced the ordinance to the full council.
Alderman Autumn Savage, sponsor of Amendment 6, described the package as a framework to add density while mitigating infrastructure impacts, including: lowering baseline density to increase the incentive for conditional bonuses; allowing higher maximum densities for projects that commit…
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