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Board backs housekeeping amendments, hears public concern about townhouse definition
Summary
The board recommended approval of Ordinance 2024-18, a set of housekeeping amendments to land-development regulations including a change to the townhouse definition; a public commenter objected to the change being folded into housekeeping, and the board attorney clarified the change does not alter SFR zoning permissions.
The Historic Resources Preservation Board recommended approval of Ordinance 2024-18, which contains multiple housekeeping amendments to the Land Development Regulations, including relocating nursing homes/assisted-living uses to the Institutional Use category, renaming "retirement home" to "Independent Senior Living," and revising the townhouse definition to allow for a two-unit townhome in SF-TF-14.
A public commenter, Amy Mihelich of 2032 Collier Ave (unincorporated), said she did not support the change and urged that the change be posted rather than embedded as housekeeping. The board attorney, Elizabeth Lenihan, clarified that the change affects the definition of townhouse and does not alter where townhouses are permitted; it does not allow townhouses in the SFR zoning district where they are currently not permitted. Vice-Chair Nadine Heitz moved to recommend approval with the suggested renaming of retirement home to Independent Senior Living; the motion was seconded by Elain DeRiso.
The transcript records the motion but does not include a recorded vote on the motion in the supplied minutes. Staff also clarified that the townhouse definition currently required three units and the proposal allows two-unit townhomes in SF-TF-14; the townhouse complex definition would be removed.
