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Originally Posted by ardecila
The size of the site creates a mandatory PD. Even if the developer cut their proposal in half, it wouldn't matter... PD kicks in above 3 acres (for detached homes) or 60 units for multifamily. No matter how you develop the site it will be above those thresholds.
Because of the mandatory PD, the alderman has the leverage to demand affordable housing even when the ARO does not explicitly require it.
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Certainly he has leverage, but whether he would use it is unclear in this case, because that is not what the developer asked for.
It would not be required by the ARO.
Personally, I believe the local oversight of any project put through the PD process solely on the basis of threshholds, should be limited to how the project interacts with the surrounding community. Things like curb cuts and drainage could have the force of demands, but brick color and affordability, should never raise above the level of polite suggestions.