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Planning staff asks council to consider Title 17 amendments expanding ground‑floor uses and clarifying affordable‑housing rules
Summary
The commission recommended City Council hold hearings and consider amendments to Title 17 to broaden permitted pedestrian‑oriented ground‑floor uses in Broadway Valdez, clarify S13 affordability thresholds, revise S14 minimum densities and permit artisan production in Lake Merritt DLM zones; commissioners asked for vacancy and moderate‑unit data.
The Oakland Planning Commission on March 19 voted to recommend that City Council conduct a public hearing on a multi-chapter amendment to Title 17 of the Oakland Municipal Code designed to broaden allowable ground-floor uses in the Broadway Valdez commercial district, clarify affordable-housing thresholds, revise minimum density rules for S14 housing sites, and allow artisan production and a Central District entertainment venue permit in Lake Merritt DLM zones.
Why it matters: Staff pitched the package as a response to changing retail markets and long‑term housing goals. The amendments aim to expand permitted pedestrian‑oriented activities—adding uses such as…
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