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Commission reviews middle‑housing code amendments including cottage‑housing size, density and parking
Summary
Staff presented proposed middle‑housing amendments to add definitions, allow duplexes/fourplexes/townhomes/cottage clusters in single‑family zones, set a proposed 1,400 sq ft maximum cottage unit, parking at two spaces per unit, and density incentives; commissioners requested clarifications in the land‑use matrix and on affordable‑housing requirements.
Planner Anita returned to the commission with proposed middle‑housing code amendments that would add definitions for 'cottage housing' and 'middle housing,' revise the land‑use matrix, and add a new cottage housing section with development standards.
Anita said the cottage housing definition will describe "small scale detached residential units on a single lot with a common open space," and that the draft cottage‑housing section would set a maximum unit size of 1,400 square feet, a maximum building height of 25 feet or two stories and parking requirements of two spaces per dwelling unit…
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