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Planning staff proposes 'master plan development' chapter to allow flexible public-benefit projects
Summary
Staff described a proposed master-plan development code that would allow broader project types (not just housing) in exchange for public benefits, with a two-phase approval (legislative concept plan, then detailed development plan) and multi-year concept-plan vesting.
Staff presented a proposal to add a master‑plan development chapter that would permit a wider variety of development types in return for public benefits such as open space, habitat protections or transportation efficiencies. The chapter would be legislative in phase 1 — allowing broad public hearings and extended review — and would include a phase 2 detailed development plan to be processed through a Type 2 administrative review when ready to build.
The proposed approach is intended to offer predictability for developers who must prepare costly concept plans while preserving expanded public participation; staff said approved concept plans could be valid for five years. Commissioners asked how approvals would run with the property and whether the city could require additional studies; staff replied that approvals would generally run with the land and appealed decisions would follow standard appeals procedures.
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