RMF-30 zoning district text amendments
Proposed changes to the RMF-30 (Low Density Multi-Family Residential) district: design standards, new building types such as cottage developments and tiny houses, smaller minimum lot areas, no minimum lot width, more than one primary structure per lot, a density bonus for keeping an existing structure and a lot-width maximum. On March 16, 2021 the council closed the hearing and deferred action until related affordable-housing and housing-loss mitigation measures come to it.
Tabled
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide RMF-30 zones
- City Council: Ordinance: RMF-30 zoning district text amendments
- City Council: Consent: set RMF-30 hearing and appoint Library Board member
- City Council work session: RMF-30 low density multi-family zoning text amendments follow-up
In brief
RMF-30 zoning district text amendments appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of March 2, 2021 to the City Council meeting of March 16, 2021.
On record, it was approved once and tabled once.
The most recent decision was tabled (7-0) at the City Council meeting of March 16, 2021.
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RMF-30 zoning district text amendments
- Council action
Approved: Consent: set RMF-30 hearing and appoint Library Board member · Approved minutes Record → · March 2, 2021
- Money in the record
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- Signed agreement and payments
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- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
March 16, 2021 · City Council
Ordinance: RMF-30 zoning district text amendments
Tabled · 7-0
About two dozen speakers addressed the proposal. Most opposed it or asked that it include affordable housing and inclusionary zoning, citing displacement of west side residents, rising rents and a possible incentive to demolish older homes; a few supported land use reform and different housing types, and one favored approval with inclusionary zoning added. Council Member Amy Fowler moved to close the hearing and defer action until related measures such as the Affordable Housing Overlay or the Residential Housing Loss Mitigation Plan come to the council. Council Member Andrew Johnston agreed, saying the housing mitigation ordinance, overlay, displacement efforts, the ADU incentive and inclusionary zoning should be part of the text amendment. Council Member Darin Mano supported tying the amendment to affordable housing, raised concern about demolition on single-family parcels and urged the administration to finish the ordinance quickly.
- Petition: PLNPCM2019-00313
March 2, 2021 · City Council
Consent: set RMF-30 hearing and appoint Library Board member
Approved · 6-0
The consent agenda set a March 16 hearing on text amendments to the RMF-30 district (Petition PLNPCM2019-00313) and approved David Wirthlin's appointment to the Library Board for a term ending June 30, 2024. The RMF-30 changes would add design standards, allow cottage and tiny house developments, reduce minimum lot areas, drop minimum lot widths, allow more than one primary structure per lot and add a density bonus for keeping an existing structure.
March 2, 2021 · City Council work session
RMF-30 low density multi-family zoning text amendments follow-up
Pending
Follow-up on proposed design standards, new building types such as cottages and tiny houses, smaller minimum lot areas, no minimum lot width, multiple primary structures per lot, a density bonus for keeping an existing structure and a lot-width maximum. A hearing was set for March 16.