Council debates expanding mixed-use housing and Booth Kelly zoning changes in broad housing-code update
Staff proposed allowing mixed‑use housing in more commercial districts, set a 20-unit-per-acre minimum in some mixed-use residential areas, and recommended a new Mixed Use Employment district for Booth Kelly; councilors raised concerns about industrial adjacency, discretionary permits for heavy manufacturing and preserving millrace policies.
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Springfield — City planners and outside consultants presented a comprehensive set of proposed zoning updates intended to increase housing options and implement the city’s Climate Friendly Areas (CFA) overlay, prompting extended council debate over the trade-offs between housing capacity and industrial land protection.
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