Environmental commissioners question proposed UDO change to allow up to 80% impervious coverage for affordable-housing projects

Jan 19, 2026

City planning staff told the Environmental Commission that proposed Title 20 changes would let developments using an affordable-housing incentive increase impervious surface allowances (current R‑1–R‑4 limits range from 30%–50%) to as much as 80%; commissioners sought details about stormwater, green space and enforcement and agreed to draft comments before the council takes the item up again.

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City planning staff presented proposed updates to Title 20 of the Unified Development Ordinance that would expand incentives for developments that include affordable-housing units and raise allowable impervious-surface coverage for those projects.

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