Recommended approvalGeneral Plan Amendment

Redevelopment Districts Text CPA

Description

A comprehensive plan text amendment on redevelopment districts is scheduled for hearing.

Impact summary

Mostly helps small infill projects — a duplex here, one extra unit there — in older communities that lack sewer but have dense lot patterns.

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval7–0, unanimous

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 4, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Nov 4, 2026Recommended approval 7–0

Planning Commission — November 4, 2026

Loosens redevelopment district rules: more density options, no more 10 percent office cap, and reviews only with each evaluation and appraisal report.

Related issues (1)

Redevelopment Districts Text Amendment

Text changes let redevelopment areas add up to 150 percent more density or use a quarter-mile averaging method — mostly helping small duplex and infill projects in places like Florence Villa and Inwood squeeze in one more unit.

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