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Planning staff proposes ED‑zone rewrite to allow mixed‑use housing with 720‑unit cap; commissioners raise concerns
Summary
Planning staff presented a narrowly scoped text amendment to the ED (employment) zone to let mixed‑use residential above nonresidential floors while capping total ED residential at 720 units and requiring at least 15% nonresidential floor area in mixed‑use buildings. Commissioners raised process and land‑use concerns and asked for a work session.
Planning staff on April 2 outlined a proposed change to the ED (employment/development) zoning text that would allow more residential units inside mixed‑use buildings while placing new limits and guardrails on that development.
Daniel Crum, planning staff, told the Subdivision Committee the amendment would count first‑floor residential against a building’s residential total while allowing units above the first floor to be treated differently, and would cap total residential across all ED properties at 720 units. "The applicant is seeking more flexibility to do mixed use, but now implementing…
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