City Commission Workshop - PowerPoint Presentation.ppt

							Zoning Code Re-Write
 City Commission Workshop
     October 5, 2005
                Status
• Code has been re-organized into 8 articles
• Format includes “way-finding” section
  numbering system
• Headers and footers for easy location of
  sections
• Increased use of charts and illustrations
       Table of Contents
• Article 1.   General Provisions
• Article 2.   Decisionmaking and
                    Administrative
  Bodies
• Article 3.   Development Review
• Article 4.   Zoning Districts
• Article 5.   Development Standards
      Table of Contents
• Article 6.   Non-conformities
• Article 7.   Violations, Enforcement
  and          Penalties
• Article 8.   Definitions
• Appendix A   Site Specific
• Appendix B   Mediterranean Design
               Guidelines
• Appendix C   Foundation Map
       Sample Page
             Formatting Example
  Article 3     Development Review
  Division 2    General Development Review Procedures
    Section 3 – 201. Pre-application conference
    Section 3 – 202. Filing application for development
ArticleDivision approval/simultaneous applications
    Section 3 – 203. Determination of application
                      completeness
    Section 3 – 204. Review by Development Review
                      Committee (DRC)
                  Subsection
     Residential Districts
• Draft consolidates existing R districts
  into 2 districts – “Old Gables” and “New
  Gables” (old districts differed only in
  terms of required minimum building
  area)
• Site Specific Regulations are not changed
  and still apply
• Draft consolidates A and D districts into
  2 multifamily districts
Actual Lot Sizes
  Single Family Districts
• SF 1 -   Old Gables
• SF 2 –   New Gables
• SF 2 -   No material change in
           regulations governing the New
           Gables
• Although modifications were
  considered, no changes to lot split
  provisions is proposed in either district
             SF 1 District
• Residences with a height of 16’ and an
  FAR of .35 or less – Permitted As of Right

• Residences with a height of more than 16’
  and/or an FAR of more than .35 –
  Discretionary administrative review subject
  to performance standards by Zoning
            SF 1 District
• Height reduced to 27 feet – measured
  from the mid-point of the gable
• Incentives for porte-cocheres and free-
  standing garages (not counted as FAR)
• Garages set back at least 5 feet from
  building line
• Minimum rear yard increased to 10 feet
• Reduced FAR for lot area in excess of
  10,000 square feet from .3 to .1
Increased Side Yard
     Setbacks
           Building Envelope
                                          Rear Yard = 5’

Side Yard (20%
 of Lot Width)
 7.5’ each side




                                         Front Yard = 25’



                  75’(w) x 110’(d) Lot
Maximum Coverage
 35% = 2,887 s.f.
 2,887 sq ft,
1 story home
      Performance Standard


    House
   rotated            Additional Side
to increase           Yard Setbacks
 side yards
Performance Standard
Performance Standard
      Contextual Review
Discretionary review of single family
expansion or new construction”
  • Reviewed in context of existing
  houses in “neighborhood”
  •Neighborhood defined by block on
  which proposed development is located
  on either side of street, plus
  •Lots abutting rear property line
“Neighborhood”
“Neighborhood”
      Contextual Review
Board of Architects review of proposed
expansion or new construction based on:
  • whether height, scale, mass and
     character is consistent with existing
     homes
  • impact on air and light of adjacent
    residences
  • compatibility with neighborhood
    character
Contextual Review
Contextual Review
     Multifamily Districts
• MF 1 -- Low intensity district (9
          dus/acre)
• MF 2 – Mid and high rise district
  (based on moratorium ordinance)
• Reduced front yard setback for Low rise
  (duplexes, townhouses and apartments
    Townhouse Standards
• No required front yard in MF 1 District
• Minimum front yard of ten (10) feet
  in MF 2 District for townhouses,
  attached residential and apartments
• No individual unit garage entrances
  facing street in MF 1 or MF 2
• Minimum unit width of sixteen (16)
  feet
Townhouse Standards




     Not Permitted
Townhouse Standards




      Permitted
     Commercial Districts
• Consolidate CA, CB and CC Districts
  into 2 districts:
   – CL    Commercial Limited
   –C      General Commercial
• Consolidate laundry list of uses into
  categories of use
• Night-time uses
    CL Commercial Limited
• Commercial along major roads which are
  adjacent to single family residential with
  or without alley
• Mandatory compliance for non-
  conforming nuisance-like conditions –
  outdoor noise, night use of unscreened
  parking areas and uncontrolled odors
  (cooking or waste storage)
        Night Time Uses
• Uses active between 8:00PM and 6:00AM
• Subject to discretionary administrative
  review and compliance with performance
  standards if adjacent to singe family
  residential area