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Planning staff presents ordinance to ease reuse of institutional buildings
Summary
A planning-sponsored ordinance was presented to allow adaptive reuse of some institutional properties (examples cited: hospital, middle school); it was advertised and sponsored by planning and will move forward for further consideration.
Speaker 4 (planning staff) presented a planning-sponsored ordinance the transcript describes as advertised and sponsored by planning. The ordinance would allow individuals to utilize certain institutional properties that would not otherwise be permitted except for highway, commercial or industrial uses; examples cited in the discussion included a hospital and a middle school as potential adaptive-reuse candidates.
Speaker 2 complimented the work, saying the ordinance could attract investors and spur building renovation. Speaker 4 noted the item had been advertised properly and invited questions; no formal vote occurred in the work session. Speaker 1 closed the work session and announced the next council meeting time.
The transcript does not include ordinance text, ordinance number or a formal motion to adopt; the planning staff presentation is at the discussion/presentation stage and will proceed through the council's normal ordinance process.
