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Short Development reduces units, adds affordability commitment; council approves plan
Summary
Short Development cut its multifamily proposal from 40 to 36 units, increased the number of affordable units from four to six (at 80% AMI for at least 15 years) and capped retaining walls at 5 feet; council voted not to send changes back to the zoning committee and approved the petition.
Staff told council that petitioner Short Development had made three substantive changes since the zoning committee: reducing the overall unit count from 40 to 36, increasing the number of units committed as affordable (six units at 80% or less of area median income for no less than 15 years), and limiting retaining walls on the site to a maximum combined vertical height of five feet if terraced.
Councilmembers reviewed the revised language about terraced and tiered retaining walls and asked the petitioner to confirm the final wording. Petitioner representatives said the revised site plan limits proposed walls south of the private alley to five feet, and that combined terraced walls must not exceed five feet measured from finished grade. The council voted that the changes did not require returning the petition to the zoning committee, then moved and approved the petition and adopted the zoning committee’s statement of consistency.
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