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Council postpones vote on payment-in-lieu and impervious-surface incentives after debate on feasibility
Summary
Council postponed Ordinance 2026-01 (affordable-housing incentives and payment-in-lieu changes) to Feb. 4 after debate about raising per-unit payment amounts, limiting payment-in-lieu eligibility, and concerns about stormwater and mortgage financing for deed-restricted owner-occupied units.
Council members voted 8-0 on Jan. 14 to postpone consideration of Ordinance 2026-01 to the Feb. 4 meeting after extended discussion and public comment over two central reforms: (1) a proposed administrative-manual increase in the payment-in-lieu amount (the department proposed raising the base from $30,000 to $50,000 per unit and using 30% of a project's units as the base for the calculation), and (2) a discretionary incentive that would allow a maximum impervious-surface allowance up to 80% for owner-occupied single-family and duplex lots in R1–R4 zoning when used to achieve affordability goals.
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