Committee approved rezoning application for 20-unit apartment, against staff advice, after developer agreed to provide two below-market units.
Council’s committee of the whole voted 6-3 to approve a rezoning application and development permit for 1042 and 1044 Richardson St., after the developer agreed to secure two studio units at a rent that will be five per cent below the median rental rate.
“This is a message to them, ‘bring anything you want,’ ” he said. “ ‘Do not care what our city staff say.’ ” “If someone just hangs this small amount, relatively small amount over us, we’re going to jump at this as an opportunity to give two units of development,” he said.Coleman said he was aware the city was trying to get to a place where it could say yes to the project, but he said what was offered was not enough to get him to change his mind.
Council sent the project back to developer Bart Johnson in April with a request that he commit to providing below-market housing in it.
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