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Owners seek two transferable-development-right certificates for historic West End lot
Summary
At second reading, planners presented a request to establish two transferable development rights at 504 West Hallam by permanently removing 500 square feet of floor area; staff and applicant said the TDR program has been used since 2003 as a preservation tool and the request follows objective code criteria.
Planning Director Dan Fulk introduced a second-reading ordinance asking the council to consider two transferable development rights (TDRs) at 504 West Hallam Street. Sarah Adams of Bend and Adams spoke for the property owner and said the proposal would sever 500 square feet of floor area permanently from the historic West End lot to create two certificates.
"The TDR has been in place since 2003. I think it's widely seen as a successful historic preservation tool," Adams said, and she described the objective review criteria in the land-use code used to evaluate such requests. Council members were given a brief overview of the code-amendment timeline and the presentation concluded with staff noting the sequence of review steps for second reading.
