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Planning staff opens Market & Octavia area-plan hearings; public largely supportive with targeted objections
Summary
Planning staff opened a multi-night series of informational hearings on the Market & Octavia area plan (land use, heights, design). Many neighborhood groups backed the plan's transit-oriented goals and design controls; developers raised concerns about certain height and zone changes and pipeline projects. Staff scheduled the first hearing for adoption on Dec. 7 and said the historic-resources survey and more detailed design guidance will follow.
Planning Department staff opened a multi-night informational hearing series on the Market & Octavia area plan on Oct. 26, presenting the plan's three intertwined topics for the first night: land use, urban form (height districts), and design principles. Staff described a framework of new zone types (RTO neighborhood residential, NCT neighborhood commercial transit, DTR downtown residential), a height program tied to street widths and an emphasis on alley protections, and design…
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