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Critics say Spring Grove exposes zoning code gaps; callers urge density rule changes and water policy update
Summary
Public commenters used the Dec. 16 Planning Commission workshop to highlight Spring Grove as an example of how current code language and application can produce larger, denser projects than neighbors expect; speakers proposed net‑site density, discretionary design review triggers and modernization of the city's water neutrality policy.
At a Dec. 16 special meeting, multiple residents and design professionals focused on the Spring Grove project as a case study of unwanted scale and massing produced under the 2023 zoning code. Wayne Leong said Spring Grove “complied with the city adopted standards and state housing law, yet it produced an outcome that many in the community and on this commission found unacceptable in scale, massing, and impact.”
Leong identified five primary fixes: calculate residential density on net developable acreage (excluding creeks, private streets and bioretention areas), clarify that…
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