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Draft form‑based code advances; working group debates heights, missing‑middle and civic spaces
Summary
Consultants walked the working group through the draft form‑based districts, conversion map and regulating‑plan process; members and residents debated height definitions (stories vs. feet), where a fourth story might be incentivized, how to manage missing‑middle housing, and how civic spaces and open‑space definitions should be used.
Consultants and city staff presented a draft form‑based land‑use code and a zoning‑conversion map and sought working‑group feedback on transitions, heights and public‑engagement findings.
The consultant team said the code is intended to implement Legacy Lafayette goals — more predictable outcomes, mixed uses, civic spaces and walkability — by adding building‑type and frontage‑type standards and a regulating‑plan step for rezones to form‑based neighborhoods. The draft map converts many existing zones to new form‑based districts but retains some existing entitlements (staff noted one legacy entitlement that allows a taller maximum in a small area).
Discussion focused heavily on height and how to measure it. A number of…
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