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Council advances zoning text changes to encourage housing density, schedules hearings amid council concern
Summary
Council introduced text amendments that would allow triplexes and quads by-right in R2 districts, expand conditional allowances up to 12 units and reduce multifamily parking requirements to 0.75 spaces per unit; sponsors cast the measure to public hearing while several members and community callers urged more time, district-specific analysis and stronger anti‑displacement protections.
Detroit City Council advanced a package of zoning text amendments aimed at increasing housing supply by allowing new housing typologies and reducing parking mandates in designated zones, but the changes drew vocal concern from several members who said the public needs more time to weigh in.
City Planning Commission staff and working-group members presented the compromise package: by-right authority for triplexes and quads in R2, conditional allowance for larger multifamily projects (raising the conditional cap from 8 to 12 units), and a citywide multifamily parking standard of 0.75 spaces per unit (down from the larger existing requirement). The CPC staff framed the package as an interim step to stimulate "missing‑middle" housing in areas where…
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