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Council reviews broad housing and mixed‑use code changes; Booth Kelly, density and industrial compatibility draw debate
Summary
Staff presented code amendments to expand mixed‑use housing along Main Street, permit mixed‑use in neighborhood commercial areas, and reconfigure Booth Kelly into a mixed‑use employment district; council raised concerns about adjacency to industrial parcels, discretionary permits for heavy manufacturing, and minimum density standards.
Springfield staff and outside consultants outlined a multi‑part proposal to change development code and map designations to allow more housing in mixed‑use settings and to refine rules in climate‑friendly overlay areas.
Jamon Kimall of Cascadia Partners summarized four project objectives: allow housing paired with commercial uses in more places, provide flexibility for commercial sizing and siting within mixed‑use projects, permit standalone residential development in select commercial districts, and encourage higher densities on sites where housing is allowed. "The first one is to allow housing in a mixed use development in more locations," Kimall told council.
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