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Planning staff previews major changes in zoning code refresh: ADUs, preservation bonus, tree canopy
Summary
Planning staff presented the second draft of a decades-old zoning code refresh, highlighting reduced building coverage limits, new accessory-dwelling-unit rules, a preservation bonus, sublot proposals to encourage homeownership and tree canopy requirements; commissioners asked for further data and neighborhood outreach.
City planning staff briefed the commission on the second draft of a comprehensive zoning-code refresh intended to modernize rules that staff said have been in place for roughly 50 years.
The director described the draft's goals: “We want to allow infill housing, but remove some of the loopholes that allow rapid change,” and staff summarized what changed from draft one — reduced maximum building coverage in residential districts, clarified side setbacks, remapped residential categories (RDB/RDC),…
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