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Auburn planning committee advances draft land-use categories and debates building heights
Summary
The Auburn Comprehensive Planning Committee advanced a revised draft of future land-use categories — adding high-density cores around the Auburn Mall, Great Falls Plaza and Exit 75 — while members argued over whether comp‑plan language should limit buildings to fewer than four stories or allow up to four to help affordability. The committee set public engagement events in April.
Chair John Cleveland opened the meeting and turned the discussion of draft land-use categories over to planning staff member Ally Toby, who described a small set of boundary edits and the addition of several high‑density cores around the Auburn Mall, Great Falls Plaza and the Exit 75 interchange.
"I'll start with just a handful of changes to the growth area boundaries," Toby said, summarizing edits that moved several parcels between high, moderate and low growth categories and clarified new high‑density cores.
Committee members spent the bulk of the meeting debating how specific the comp plan should be about density and building heights. Some…
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