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Westgate CRA authorizes ULDC amendment to clarify density bonus and add parking waiver for bonus‑density projects
Summary
The board authorized staff to process amendments to the Unified Land Development Code to remove a fixed bonus‑unit count, clarify density‑bonus rules, allow an administrative 15% parking waiver for bonus‑density residential/mixed‑use projects, adjust 3‑bedroom parking to 1.75 spaces, and delete the redevelopment loading option.
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Westgate/Belvedere Homes CRA authorized staff to proceed with a Unified Land Development Code amendment intended to clarify density bonus rules and to provide greater flexibility for parking and redevelopment standards.
Staff (Denise Pennell and Executive Director Elizée Michel) described proposed changes that would remove a fixed numeric cap of 1,300 bonus units from the ULDC (the Comprehensive Plan controls the number), reconfigure density bonus pool language to improve clarity, and reorganize an approval table into text. The amendment would also create an administrative waiver that permits applicants in the WCRA Density Bonus Program to request a 15% reduction in required parking (to facilitate shared parking on mixed‑use projects). In addition, the proposal would set 3‑bedroom multifamily parking at 1.75 spaces per unit (consistent with Art. 6 multifamily standards) and lower guest parking to 20% or one space per five units. Staff proposed deleting the 'Redevelopment Loading Option.'
Staff and the board framed the changes as supportive of the CRA’s redevelopment goals and as non‑substantive reorganizations in several places; the Board voted 4‑0 to authorize staff to process the amendment for public review and formal adoption procedures at the county level.
