On March 25, city officials held a Community Outreach Meeting to meet with residents and gather feedback on how Mixed-Use Overlay Zone (MUOZ) regulations can be updated. The meeting was primarily a discussion that included potential changes in city regulations to further encourage development in the MUOZ. It also included discussions of adaptive reuse, which is the conversion of existing commercial buildings into mixed-use housing projects.
The Community Outreach Meeting was held as part of a study designed to find new ways to promote the MUOZ. Among the studies’ goals are continuing to provide adequately zoned sites for multi-unit housing, allowing the creation of work-live units in infill areas or commercial corridors, and allowing multi-unit housing in closer proximity to major transportation hubs. Chloe Chen, the city’s principal planner, said “We are in the listening stage right now. And so, we’re trying to understand: what should our direction be with those potential changes?”
