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Commission opens discussion on ground-floor residential design guidelines, continues item for further work
Summary
Staff presented draft ground-floor residential design guidelines that aim to make residential ground floors more pedestrian friendly; commissioners and community commenters asked for more neighborhood-specific examples, ADA clarifications and consolidated guidance, and the Commission continued the item for further refinement.
The Planning Commission on Dec. 18 heard an initial presentation and broad discussion of draft ground-floor residential design guidelines intended to guide projects that place residential uses at street level in areas covered by recent area plans (Market-Octavia, Eastern Neighborhoods, Rincon Hill).
Staff explained the guidelines are intended to operationalize new code sections that require active ground-floor uses and to…
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