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Council reviews proposed "neighborhood mixed-use" rules to tighten live-work standard
Summary
Staff proposed a rewrite of the city's live-work/neighborhood commercial language to require a minimum commercial component (25% nonresidential floor area and 50% ground-floor frontage) and other form-based standards so predominantly residential projects cannot claim NC entitlements through small home-occupations.
Economic development director Mike Johnson briefed the council on a planning-commission-driven rewrite of the neighborhood commercial (NC) zone and a proposed "neighborhood mixed use" use type intended to preserve neighborhood-scale commercial activity in NC areas.
Johnson said the moratorium on live-work uses gives staff until mid-August to codify changes and…
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