The CIP provides an economic base that supports approved long-range city revenue goals, maintaining and replacing city infrastructure, and providing and protecting services, spaces, facilities, and events.

The changes could save as much as two months in the process, similar to the time saving realized by administrative approval of final plats.

MBAKS staff has been working with Arlington to implement tools to increase housing variety, density, and efficiencies, such as lot size averaging, final plat administrative approval, and accessory dwelling units.

The ADU presentation topics included: policy goals, defining ADU and DADU, and new ADU standards in single-family zones and multifamily zones.

Sites that have critical areas are most likely to benefit as the yield calculation is amended in how to deal with those areas and the nine-unit-per-acre cap would be removed.