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Commission debates ground‑floor parking approach to free up lot space and add green area
Summary
Planners presented a draft approach that lowers the ground‑floor floor‑to‑floor height to permit ground‑floor parking without raising overall building height; staff proposed a 50% minimum ground‑floor parking footprint to qualify for an extra floor and emphasized liner‑use requirements to preserve Main Street storefronts.
City planners presented a draft approach to allow ground‑floor parking while keeping buildings within existing height limits, a proposal commissioners said could free up surface lot space for green areas.
Planner Joe Tangary explained the technical change: instead of a strict 15‑foot ground‑floor ceiling requirement, the city would measure floor‑to‑floor height (for example, 12 feet for the ground floor and 10 feet above), giving developers flexibility to carve parking under a building without…
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