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Planning Commission hears day‑long debate on Eastern Neighborhoods: PDR vs. office, inclusionary tiers and implementation questions
Summary
Staff presented technical changes and policy trade‑offs for the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning (inclusionary tiers, middle‑income option, PDR/office controls and an "innovative industries" permit). Public commenters and commissioners pressed for protections for existing PDR businesses, small enterprise space, stronger neighborhood benefits and clearer pipeline implementation; staff set follow‑up dates July 10 and July 24 and agreed to provide additional data.
Planning Department staff spent the July 3 hearing walking commissioners and the public through a suite of technical and policy proposals for the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning, focusing on affordable housing requirements, controls to protect production‑distribution‑repair (PDR) land, and a staff/Mayoral Office proposal to allow certain hybrid "innovative industries."
Staff said inclusionary requirements would be tiered so that taller projects deliver larger percentages of affordable housing: the presentation outlined a baseline inclusionary requirement (15% in many places) with higher on‑site percentages in higher tiers and a middle‑income option averaging roughly 135% of area median income ("middle income" targeted at about 100–150% AMI). Staff offered a small‑project fee option to ease burdens on developments of 20 units or fewer and discussed a land‑dedication alternative. "We're favoring a three‑tier approach: as heights go up, the…
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