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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 11, 2024 Page 3 of 6 Bangs asked to clarify whether the Plan suggested that the 2013 Comprehensive Plan was not properly implemented, and suggested that the new Comprehensive plan should be more definitive. Hirt noted that the 2013 plan suggested changes to the McCaslin corridor that were not implemented, and suggested that this was what the Housing Plan was referring to. He added that the new Plan was meant to be more methodical and easier to implement. Brauneis said that 2013 Comprehensive Plan envisioned a series of neighborhood and area plans, but that this was not followed through on due to staff turnover and changes in the composition of the City Council. Mihaly asked about the projected sizes of the additional units, and about how they reached that figure. Hirt said that he would have to check, but he believed that they used the persons per housing unit data from the Census Bureau. Zuccaro added that the info from the Census Bureau was specific to Louisville. Mihaly asked whether the 1.65 occupants figure was the appropriate one to use for the City. Zuccaro said that if the Plan were calling for more single-family detached units, then the household sizes would be bigger. However, as the Plan called for more multi -family housing, this figure was appropriate given that they tended to be smaller. Hirt reiterated that these were not goals or aspirations, but were instead meant to be realistic projections. Mihaly suggested that there should be a recommendation for a greater diversity of housing types, in order to prevent further sprawl. Hirt noted that there was a recommendation for this for greenfield sites in the Plan. Mihaly said that he thought the plan referenced entire developments on one kind of housing, rather than having different types of housing within the same development. Hirt said that this would be addressed in the Comprehensive Plan. He asked Mihaly to clarify his previous comment. Mihaly clarified that his concern related to having developments with segregated housing types, for example areas that were just for apartments, or just for townhomes. He felt that there should be a requirement for housing diversity within a single large development. Hunt noted this would be similar to Central Park in Denver. Choi asked how the City would support the recommendation for more ADUs, given they weren't currently allowed by right under the zoning code. Hirt said that the zoning code only defined single or multi -unit uses, so they may have to create a more granular set of land uses. He added that they could also look at minimum lot sizes to address this. Choi asked whether this was the kind of thing Staff would address as an immediate action if the Commission were to recommend adoption of the Plan. Hirt said that they would, and that Staff would also aim to bring a package of zoning code amendments to the Commission.