Council advances Comprehensive Plan code changes on MFI/PUD: affordability rules, lot coverage and form-based language

Jul 7, 2025

Council voted on multiple Comprehensive Plan and code amendments: requiring some affordable housing to access the MFI code, setting a 15% affordable-unit requirement under MFI, adopting a 6-unit threshold for mandatory affordable units with fee-in-lieu guidance unresolved, removing a subjective "village character" phrase from MFI, and retaining open-space standards.

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The council took a series of motions to shape forthcoming Comprehensive Plan and draft code amendments. Director Meredith Penny summarized staff recommendations and background as council weighed limits on the MFI (multifamily infill) and Planned Unit Development codes.

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