The infill debate about how to regulate tear downs in older neighborhoods has been going on for more than one year.
Tuesday the city council agreed to adopt new rules about how neighborhoods create standards for homebuilding in their communities.
Until now it took neighborhoods two years to amend guidelines for how new homes could be built. The process has been streamlined to take about six months.
Under the new rule, older neighborhoods are able to have a say about nine different categories when it comes to rebuilt homes. Among the categories are housing height and the distance homes are set back from the road.
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