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Planning staff outline 'Expanding Housing Options' code changes to allow duplexes and fourplexes in R1 zones
Summary
Planning staff briefed the commission on a code package to allow small-lot dwellings (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, rowhomes) in R1, R2 and SR1/A zones, proposing 2,000 sq ft per unit minimum lot area, modified setbacks, one off-street parking space per unit, and eased flag-lot rules; staff said the package is in public engagement and will return with refinements.
City planning staff presented a work session briefing on "Expanding Housing Options," a proposed zoning-code package designed to enable smaller, ‘missing middle’ housing types in low-density residential zones.
Alicia Cely and Andy Hula of the planning division told the commission the proposal would not eliminate single-family zoning but would add a new small-lot dwelling chapter to permit duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and row homes in R1 variants, R2 and SR1/A. Key components include a minimum of 2,000 square feet per dwelling unit for small-lot subdivision, maximum principal-building footprints targeted at 850–1,200 square…
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