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Council asks staff to draft fee-in-lieu option for downtown inclusionary housing requirements
Summary
After extensive public comment in favor of revising Ordinance 13-84, council voted 4-1 to direct staff and the planning commission to study a fee-in-lieu option, expand the ordinance's geographic reach and draft ordinance language, with a motion asking developers to indemnify the city against legal challenges.
The East Lansing City Council voted 4-1 on Oct. 21 to direct staff and the Planning Commission to prepare ordinance language to add a fee-in-lieu option to the city's inclusionary-housing requirements (Ordinance 13-84) and to consider expanding the geographic area in which the requirement applies.
What speakers said: Multiple residents, developers and former planning commissioners said the current ordinance—adopted in 2016—has stifled downtown development and produced no affordable units in…
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