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Board committee splits and duplicates 'auto‑oriented uses to housing' ordinance amid feasibility and equity debate
Summary
Planning staff presented an ordinance to ease conversion of auto‑oriented parcels to housing and to remove conditional‑use barriers for service‑station conversions. Supervisors pressed for feasibility studies and protections for legacy businesses; the committee agreed to non‑substantive edits, duplicate the file (one with density increases, one without) and continue both to the call of the chair.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on June 11 considered an ordinance proposing density exceptions and streamlined conversions for properties with auto‑oriented uses (parking lots, garages, automotive businesses). Planning staff said the proposal would allow up to four units in RH districts for eligible parcels, remove the conditional‑use requirement for converting service stations, shorten the…
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