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Commission recommends new Mixed‑Use Lutheran Legacy Campus zone to guide hospital‑campus redevelopment
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 6–0 to recommend an ordinance creating a Mixed‑Use Lutheran Legacy Campus zoning district, adding tree‑preservation rules and a proposed minimum commercial square‑footage requirement intended to concentrate retail and restaurants near 30th Avenue; the ordinance will go to City Council in January.
Planning commissioners on Dec. 18 recommended approval of an ordinance to create a new Mixed‑Use Lutheran Legacy Campus zone district for the largely vacant hospital campus area, a step intended to establish development standards for future redevelopment in line with the Lutheran Legacy Campus Master Plan.
Senior Planner Scott Cutler told the commission the draft ordinance will create Article 14 in Chapter 26 and includes new provisions added since earlier study sessions: stronger tree preservation language that favors preserving large healthy trees and a like‑for‑like replacement approach if removal is necessary; and a minimum commercial square footage requirement targeted to subdistricts closest to 30th Avenue to encourage viable retail and restaurant uses. Cutler said the full ordinance is lengthy (about 32 pages of regulations; fuller packet with graphics is larger) and that the item will go to City Council for a first hearing in January and a subsequent hearing in late January.
Commissioners asked whether the city could require deed‑restricted affordable housing; staff said the city cannot currently require affordable housing as a condition of the rezoning but can encourage it and that future specific development plans could address housing more directly. Staff added that the architectural control committee and master developer processes will guide schematic design and that specific subdivision and rezoning hearings would follow if the ordinance is adopted.
Commissioner Quinones moved to recommend approval; the motion carried 6–0. Staff noted further refinements and graphics will be completed for Council review in January.
