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Commission clarifies affordable‑housing code: Rice Creek Commons (TCAAP) exempt from new inclusionary zoning rules
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended an amendment clarifying that the City’s inclusionary housing ordinance (Section 1320.16) does not apply inside the TCAAP/TRC area; the Comprehensive Plan separately requires 20% of Rice Creek Commons housing be affordable at 60% AMI or less.
On July 8 the Planning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to Chapter 13, Section 1320.16, to clarify applicability: projects inside the TCAAP/TRC development area are exempt from the newly adopted inclusionary housing ordinance. Community Development Director Jacob Reilly explained the April 27 ordinance (2026‑007) was never intended to apply to TCAAP, which is governed by a separate TRC term sheet and a Comprehensive Plan goal requiring 20% of Rice Creek Commons units be affordable at 60% AMI or less.
Chair Collins and other commissioners voiced concern about concentrating affordable units in one area, and recommended the matter be pursued further with the Joint Development Authority so affordable units are distributed sensibly across the site. Chair Collins said he did not want to “see a poverty pocket created in the community,” and Council Liaison Kurt Weber encouraged the Chair to bring the concern to the JDA. The Commission recommended the clarifying amendment unanimously (6-0); staff will forward the recommendation and the clarification to Council and the JDA as appropriate.
