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Staff outlines middle‑housing and code updates; zone map amendment goes to city council
Summary
Planning staff said they are advancing code updates to implement middle‑housing and affordable housing provisions, with a zone map amendment for the school district scheduled for city council review next week and DLCD audit expected mid‑summer.
Planning staff told the commission they have been working through a larger set of code updates, including provisions tied to middle housing and newly required state changes. Angela, the planning staff member, said the city has seen “an odd amount of adjustments and variances this year” and that the zone map amendment for the school district will go before city council next week.
Angela described the process for the code updates and noted outreach to the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD): "I'm hoping to have my portion of it done into DLCD for their audit here within the next few weeks," she said. Commissioners asked whether recent state laws would require identical standards across cities; staff explained that many provisions vary by city population thresholds and that the city now falls in the 10,000–25,000 population band used for some program rules. Staff said they will continue to refine the code language and bring updates back to the commission for review.
