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Commissioners press staff to clarify neighborhood 'character', parking and air‑quality language in proposed land‑use policies
Summary
Staff presented a sweeping set of land‑use policy updates and a reworked future land‑use map key; commissioners asked staff to clarify edits on neighborhood character, air‑quality measures drawn from the EIS, and shared‑parking opportunities before hearings.
City planning staff presented major updates to the draft land‑use element and a new, consolidated future land‑use map key and asked the Planning Commission for direction on several policy areas.
Emil (planning staff) and Kate (planning staff) walked commissioners through substantive changes: stronger emphasis on expanding parks and open space (LU‑2/LU‑3), reorganized residential policies (LU‑12/13/15), and a new approach to grouping multiple existing map categories into broader mixed‑use and residential bands to simplify the plan and reduce the need for frequent plan amendments.
Kate highlighted that countywide centers (for example, BelRed and Wilburton) serve a…
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