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Commission advances height‑exception changes to favor all‑electric, solar‑oriented projects
Summary
The commission voted to recommend UDC amendments keeping a 30% height bonus for eligible projects but clarifying eligibility: sustainable projects must be all‑electric, provide solar collectors over 60% of a defined surface or pay in lieu, and affordable projects must meet a 15% affordability threshold; staff and city sustainability and economic directors presented the rationale.
The Ann Arbor Planning Commission on April 21 voted to recommend amendments to the Unified Development Code that preserve the existing 30% height bonus but tighten eligibility and implementation rules for sustainable and affordable housing exceptions.
Planner DeLeo told the commission the exception has been used by six projects and staff proposed limited changes to better align the bonus with the city’s A2Zero…
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