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UTC agrees to seek seat in city talks after task force proposes removing long-term bike storage
Summary
After debate over Housing Affordability Task Force proposals to remove or reduce long-term and short-term bike parking requirements, the UTC voted to draft a letter asking City Council, Planning Commission and the task force to include UTC in follow-up discussions and to oppose the current code changes as written.
Members of the UTC debated proposed housing-code changes affecting bicycle parking and voted to draft a letter asking for a formal place at the table in the revision process.
The issue began when members reviewed code language adopted in 2023 and two newer proposals: the Housing Affordability Task Force draft that would eliminate some long-term bike storage and cut short-term requirements for some nonresidential uses, and a staff alternative that retains reduced long-term capacity for some categories. Speaker 2 summarized the history: the change was added to code in 2023 and the task-force/staff proposals did not gain Planning Commission endorsement and were sent back for revision.
Several UTC members…
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