Baltimore’s Planning Department will host a virtual information session Tuesday evening to discuss a package of zoning and parking reforms that could reshape housing development across the city.

The “Housing Opportunities and Options Act,” backed by Mayor Brandon Scott and several members of the City Council, would create a new category for low-density multi-family housing.

That includes allowing duplexes and fourplexes in areas currently zoned only for single-family homes. Other proposals include reducing yard requirements, loosening staircase rules and easing off-street parking mandates.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.

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