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Advisory board presses planners on housing rules, unit sizes and parking
Summary
Board members urged the comprehensive-plan review to address housing affordability, cited a 1,000-square-foot minimum in the code and suggested allowing smaller units and revising parking requirements for studios and efficiencies.
Members of the advisory board raised housing and zoning items they want the comprehensive plan and implementing land-development code to address.
One board member said the current code includes a 1,000-square-foot minimum for homes and noted community interest in allowing smaller units around 800 square feet to enable more affordable two-bedroom options. "Right now, the code has minimum size of a home of 1000 square feet," a board member said during the discussion. Members also discussed reducing parking requirements for studio and efficiency units to reflect micromobility and transit options.
The group also flagged a mismatch between zoning code density allowances and the comprehensive-plan caps, noting an example in which a commercial-intense (CI) code allows up to 40 units per acre while the comprehensive-plan language cites a 25-units-per-acre maximum. The board agreed staff and the consultant should reconcile those discrepancies so zoning and the plan align.
