A zoning amendment that aims to promote affordable housing has the stamp of approval from the Sarasota Planning Board.
The board voted to recommend a zoning text amendment creating three new zoning corridors for approval at its meeting last Wednesday, with board member Dan DeLeo in dissent. The amendment, which seeks to promote affordable housing, would give density and height bonuses to developments in the new corridors that designate a certain percentage of units as affordable.
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Board member Dan Clermont, who owns property within the proposed corridors, recused himself from the meeting.
The corridors are part of a broader initiative for the mixed-use development of attainable housing for downtown workers like nurses and teachers. It’s an effort that started with the Urban Mixed-Use Future Land Use classification — which designates sections along Fruitville Road and Tamiami Trail as ideal for mixed-use developments — that the City Commission passed in 2022.