Zoning Standards for Small Area Plans

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What is the goal of this project?

The City has adopted four of the five small area plans recommended in the Comprehensive Plan. One of the primary ways the small area plans are used is to provide guidance when considering development applications within the activity centers. This includes design elements such as building height, vehicular and pedestrian connections, open space, and building orientation. Some of the guidance in the small area plans conflicts with code requirements in our Zoning Ordinance. In addition, the current Zoning Ordinance can't be used to enforce some of the location based guidance in the plans such as where new streets and open spaces should go. Instead, these elements have to be negotiated with developers and provided through proffers or commitments. The goal of this project is to provide recommendations to amend the Zoning Ordinance to better align the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance with the guidance from the small area plans.

Where are we in the process?

There are three phases for this project and we are currently in the first phase. This phase includes background research, preliminary analysis, and community input. The community meeting for this phase of the project will be on November 14 at City Hall. During phase two the project team will develop preferred strategies and final recommendations. During the third phase the text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance will be drafted.

What is the goal of this project?

The City has adopted four of the five small area plans recommended in the Comprehensive Plan. One of the primary ways the small area plans are used is to provide guidance when considering development applications within the activity centers. This includes design elements such as building height, vehicular and pedestrian connections, open space, and building orientation. Some of the guidance in the small area plans conflicts with code requirements in our Zoning Ordinance. In addition, the current Zoning Ordinance can't be used to enforce some of the location based guidance in the plans such as where new streets and open spaces should go. Instead, these elements have to be negotiated with developers and provided through proffers or commitments. The goal of this project is to provide recommendations to amend the Zoning Ordinance to better align the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance with the guidance from the small area plans.

Where are we in the process?

There are three phases for this project and we are currently in the first phase. This phase includes background research, preliminary analysis, and community input. The community meeting for this phase of the project will be on November 14 at City Hall. During phase two the project team will develop preferred strategies and final recommendations. During the third phase the text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance will be drafted.

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    My greatest concern is development impact on infrastructure. What are we doing to balance change with impact? More people require more support (e.g. water , sewer, transportation, parking, roads, police, fire, schools, trash, ect.) This should be funded FIRST with proffers.

    Redacted 2 asked 3 months ago

    This project will not involve analysis of potential infrastructure impacts, but high-level analysis was done as a part of the Small Area Plans' development. For major developments, City agencies review development proposals to assess potential impacts to infrastructure and seek mitigation measures from developers. While the City is not currently able to require mitigation for services, a fiscal impact study is completed for each development proposal to estimate whether cost burdens for services from the new development would exceed additional revenues.

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