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A Development Standards Adjustment to City Code Section 7.3.301.D.1.b(2) to allow a minimum lot area/dwelling unit of 650 square feet where 1,000 square feet or one-and-one half (1-1/2) times the gross floor area of the Tiny House, whichever is larger, is required, located at 3103 North Prospect Street.
(Quasi-Judicial)
Presenter:
William Gray, Senior Planner, City Planning Department
Kevin Walker, Director, City Planning Department
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Summary:
Owner: We Fortify
Representative: John Olson, Urban Landscapes and Shelly Jensen, We Fortify
Location: 3103 North Prospect Street
Council District 5
A Tiny House Community consisting of 18 tiny houses, a community meeting and storage building, off-street parking, landscaping, and private green space. The project includes the following applications: a Rezoning from R-5 (Multi-Family High) to R-Flex High; a Conditional Use and Development Plan for a Tiny House Community; and development standard adjustments to reduce setbacks from public streets from 20-feet to 10-feet, setbacks from adjacent residential and mixed-use districts from 10-feet to 5-feet, parking requirement reduction from one (1) space per tiny house to a 1/2-space per tiny house, minimum lot area per tiny house from 1,000 square feet to 690 square feet, and minimum separation of Tiny Homes from 10-feet to 6-feet
Background:
Please see the attached City Planning Commission Staff Report for a complete analysis of the proposed applications.
Review Criteria:
DVSA-25-0001 - Prospect Village (Development Standards Adjustment - Minimum Lot Area)
The Criteria for Approval for DVSA-25-0001, Development Standards Adjustment, as set forth in City Code Section (UDC) 7.5.525.E are indicated below:
1. The alternative design achieves the intent of the subject standard to the same or better degree than the standard for which a waiver is requested;
2. When considered together with compensating benefits, the alternative design advances the goal...
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