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Planning staff outlines Market/Octavia adoption path; commissioners and public debate parking and historic-preservation safeguards
Summary
Planning Department staff presented a summary of public comments on the Market/Octavia plan and proposed interim historic-preservation procedures while a comprehensive survey is completed. Public testimony split over parking minimums, density and the pace of adoption; staff proposed phased implementation and a resolution to integrate survey results into the plan.
Planning Department staff updated the commission on the Market/Octavia area plan adoption process and summarized the record of public comments, clarifying several technical points and setting out next steps for historic-preservation safeguards.
John Bilovitz told commissioners the plan package now before them maps a schedule of hearings and identified items to return for more study. Anne Marie Rogers reviewed the primary clarifications staff proposes in response to earlier hearings: modest adjustments to parking controls intended to approximate the current parking ratio (roughly 0.85 spaces per unit with conditional use flexibility), support for car-share programs, and measures to increase…
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