SPARC votes to remove affordability requirement for 12‑unit project at 620 South Central Avenue

The Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee (SPARC) voted unanimously on Dec. 10, 2025 to revise the conditions of approval for the two‑story, 12‑unit project at 620 South Central Avenue, removing the prior 2021 requirement that the development be operated as affordable housing.

Staff said the project was originally approved in September 2021 with an affordability commitment and related concessions — a parking reduction and a one‑foot side‑setback deviation — because the then‑applicant proposed the building as affordable housing. Cynthia, a city staff member who presented the item, told the committee the current owner, Hagerty Enterprises LLC, purchased the plans and property but could not make the project “pencil out” as affordable and therefore requested that the affordability condition be removed so the project can proceed as market‑rate housing. "They've already been through multiple rounds…