At the end of the Planning, Housing, and Parks [PHP] Committee work session on March 31, 2025, CM Friedson announced that because the Council was about to enter the budget season, it would not take up ZTA 2025-02 again until June.
This ZTA that will allow duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and apartment buildings in the R-40, R-60, R-90, and R-200 zones if along the following road types: Boulevard, Downtown Boulevard, Downtown Street, Town Center Boulevard, or Controlled Major Highway. For affordability, 15% of the units, with a minimum of 1 workforce housing unit if an application has at least 3 units, must meet the requirements for workforce housing, which is defined as at or below 120% average median income (AMI) in the County Code.
To address the many issues raised by county residents at various hearings and listening session and by the Council and Planning Department staffs, the report accompanying the work session divided the issues into the following sections: (1) General (2) Corridors (3) Consolidation (4) Affordability (5) Development Standards (6) State and Federal Law (7) Impacts and (8) Technical and Other Amendments.
Of particular interest to many residents will be the staff responses to the 7 questions discussed in section (1) General, beginning on page 4 or the report. These include:
- How much new housing supply is needed and based on what data?
- How many additional units do these proposals assume will be needed in the next 10 years to meet demand? How many housing units at what approximate price level does the Council anticipate these policies will generate?
- What is the development pipeline and why can it not achieve the County’s supply needs?
- What is the zoning text amendment (ZTA) process?
- Will notices be sent to effected property owners
- How will this ZTA be enforced?
- What is the difference between a master plan and a ZTA, and why are these changes being made through a ZTA?
Parkwood Residents Association 