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Japantown organizers present revised neighborhood plan urging no general height increases and exploring a commercial community land trust
Summary
Community organizing committee and planning staff presented revised Japantown recommendations including no general height increases, a Japantown neighborhood commercial district, protections for cultural heritage, parking and design standards, and exploratory work on a commercial community land trust funded by grants.
Planning staff and Japan Town community representatives presented an updated Japantown Better Neighborhoods plan to the Planning Commission on Oct. 27, emphasizing preservation of neighborhood character and a set of implementation tools intended to sustain Japantown’s cultural and commercial identity.
Paul Lord, Planning Department project lead, reviewed the community engagement process, support grants (Ford Foundation, Friends of City Planning) and technical work undertaken since 2009. Community co-chairs Karen Kai (Land Use & Built Form) and…
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