HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 05_LDR Presentation 2024-09-17Proposed Amendments to
Land Development Regulations
Development Review Board
September 17, 2024
Kelsey Peterson, Senior City Planner
Overview of Proposed Amendments
Three Themes, 10 Amendments:
•Thriving Neighborhoods, Act 47 and Act 181
•Low Scale Neighborhood District
•Medium Scale Neighborhood District
•Higher Scale Mixed Use Districts
•Conservation Land Use & Transferable Development Rights
•Inclusionary Zoning
•Transportation
•Transportation Demand Management & Level of Service
•Electric Vehicle Charging
•LDR Process & Standards
•Subdivision, Master Plan, Planned Unit Developments
•Table of Uses Updates, Airport & Airport Industrial Consolidation
•Minor & Technical Amendments
Housing and Lots
Current:
•Units per acre density, minimum lot size,
setbacks, coverage, other dimensional
standards, and (limited) building type
•Different by district
Draft:
•Minimum lot size by building type with
associated dimensional standards
•Different by building type
•Building types allowed by district
Building Type Minimum
Lot Size
Max. Building
Coverage
Max. Lot
Coverage
Single-Unit Dwelling 5,000 s.f.30%50%
Duplex 5,000 s.f.30%50%
Divided Duplex 2,500 s.f. per unit 30%50%
Townhouse (3-4)5,000 s.f.30%50%
Small Multi-Unit (3-4)5,000 s.f.40%60%
Medium Multi-Unit (5-12)9,000 s.f.50%70%
Large Multi-Unit (13+)No minimum 50%70%
Zoning
Districts
•Consolidates 14 similar zoning districts into:
•Low-Scale Neighborhood (outlined in blue)
•Medium-Scale Neighborhood (outlined in red)
•QCP remains separate
•Creates consistency among residential standards
•Eliminates lot size and unit density for high-scale
mixed use areas
•Consolidates Airport and Airport Industrial
Districts
•Removes residential from I-O
Boundary
Changes
•Habitat Blocks:
•Replace “guided selection process”
of 30% development area with
identified 30% removed from Habitat
Block
•Dedicated park land to the
“Parks” district
•Conserved land to NRP District
•Shift of a portion of former R12 to
C1-LR where buildings already
approved (O’Brien)
Transferable Development Rights
Draft
•TDRs have same value as before (0.83 acres = 1 TDR)
•Value set as 2,000 SF x 1 floor
•Used for height, building coverage, and lot coverage
•Applies to residential and commercial buildings in mixed-use and commercial districts
•Removes Low-Scale and Medium Scale Neighborhood district from receiving area
Land prioritized for conservation sends development rights to an area prioritized for development
and investment
Inclusionary Zoning
Draft
•Align to optional State “Affordable Housing Development” definition and thresholds
•Makes mandatory at 10 units
•Different percentages for rental, ownership, and higher rate above 25 units
•Connected to TDRs to set predictable combined bonus height maximums; additional height
for more inclusionary
Requires a portion of residential development to be permanently affordable
Transportation
Current
•Traffic Overlay District
•City-Wide Level of Service
•Highway Impact Fees
Draft
•Transportation Demand Management
•Includes exemption for exchanging some small-scale commercial uses
•Vehicle Level of Service
•Transportation Impact Fees
Electric Vehicle Charging
•Marginally above new statewide requirements
•Requires that parking spaces required to be “EV-Capable” to be “EV-Ready”
•Under State RBES and CBES
•Removes EV exemption for small commercial sites
•Limits Level 3 / Level 2 trade
Article 15 Reorganization
•Reorganization of Subdivision, Master Plan, and PUD
•Modification standards same for Subdivision and PUD
•Administrative approval of minor subdivisions
•Master Plan required for:
•Multi-year and/or multi-phase projects, and/or
•If DRB decides there is “clear development potential”
•Demonstration of Minimum Density of 4 to 6 dwellings per
buildable acre
Planned Unit Developments
•State law changes impact Planned Unit
Developments
•Removes Conservation PUD
•Makes Traditional Neighborhood
Development PUD optional
•General PUD limited to amending
existing PUDs, and new PUDs in Airport,
and Institutional-Agricultural.
Process & Standards: Master Plan
•Master Plan currently requires:
•Development (or non-development) plans
for the next 10 years
•Plan for logical future use of the property
•Can “vest” applicant in LDRs
Proposed: Carve-out
•Allows one time up to 2-acre carve-out without triggering master plan
•Does not need to meet requirements
triggered at 2 acres
•Demonstrate access for future development
or for conservation
•Compliant with State law
•Does not require full master plan detail for
property
Minor & Technical Amendments
•Updates to definitions (Section 2.20)
•Removes redundant Satellite Dish standard
(Section 3.06)
•Updates to Accessory Dwelling Unit Standards to
align with Statutes (Sections 3.11, 14.11)
•Updates to non-conformities to match other
amendments (Section 3.15)
•Clarification to Institutional & Agricultural District
Purpose and Standards (Section 7.01)
•Rename Southeast Quadrant-Natural Resource
Protection District to “Natural Resource Protection
District” and update allowed housing to comply
with Statutes (Sections 9.01, 9.12)
•Update parking standards to comply with Statutes
and provide waiver authority to DRB for multi-
family housing (Section 13.02)
•Update Fence heigh standards resulting from
zoning district consolidation (Section 13.11)
•Updates / consolidates alternative compliance and
waiver authority for site plan review to align with
subdivision authority (Section 14.04)
•Update notice & procedures (Section 17.08)
•Update terminology to refer to City Plan and for
gender neutrality (throughout)
•Relocates standards to different parts of LDRs for
clarity (throughout)