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Shaping Communities Through Urban Design Zoning Update

Shaping Communities Through Urban Design Zoning Update. METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL. October 2001. Zoning Reform. Chicago’s current ordinance circa 1957 Goals of new code: predictable , enforceable & understandable MPC strategy to influence new ordinance: Distribute zoning toolkit

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Shaping Communities Through Urban Design Zoning Update

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  1. Shaping Communities Through Urban Design Zoning Update METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL October 2001

  2. Zoning Reform • Chicago’s current ordinance circa 1957 • Goals of new code: predictable, enforceable&understandable • MPC strategy to influence new ordinance: • Distribute zoning toolkit • Participate on mayor’s commission • Conduct neighborhood focus groups • Publish Issue Brief with detailed recommendations • Publish four issues of ideas@work covering zoning topics

  3. Zoning Toolkit Getting the word out about zoning • “Revise Recreate Rezone: A Neighborhood Guide to Zoning” • Accessible tool to promote public participation in re-write process • Distributed more than 2000 CDs to local stakeholders • Speaking at community groups

  4. 21 member commission Sub-committees/public forums Residential • Administration Transportation • Neighborhood retail, Open space commercial, industrial Central business district Monthly meetings Second Tuesday of the month, 8 a.m.City Hall room 1103 Mayor’s Zoning Reform Commission

  5. Zoning Working Group • Co-chaired by Pat Dowell and Margie Muchin-Goldblatt • Partner community organizations • Urban Development Committee members: architects, developers, bankers, lawyers • Aldermen’s offices • MPC staff

  6. Community Selection • Back of the Yards • Growing population • Industrial heritage • Bucktown/Logan Square • Hot growth area • Strong commercial market • North Lawndale • Vacant land • Opportunities for infill • South Shore • High population density • First stages of new growth Selection criteria • Socioeconomic diversity • Geographic diversity • Neighborhood partners • Political support • Financial support

  7. Neighborhoods Bucktown/Logan Square Ald. Ted Matlak/32nd Ward North Lawndale Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Back of the Yards Back of the YardsEducation & Peace Coalition South Shore South Shore Planning &Preservation Coalition

  8. Selected community partners in four neighborhoods Developed Neighborhood Issue Matrix, Corresponding Zoning Regulatory Approaches, Participant Preference Sheet 2 focus groups per community (May- July) 8-16 participants per group 48 responses tallied Methodology

  9. Housing Parking Commercial Communication Industrial Open Space Neighborhood Issues

  10. Issue #1Insufficient supply of diverse housing options PolicyProvide a broader range of housing options • Zoning Solutions • Rezone certain major streets from commercial to residential • Permit accessory dwelling units

  11. #1 – Housing Options/Zoning Solutions • Develop standards for and permit live/work units • Offer a menu of incentives

  12. #1 – Housing Options/Zoning Solutions • Institute inclusionary zoning

  13. Permit townhouses in all multi-family residential districts Allow a larger percentage of multi-family units to be efficiencies. Create new residential districts with smaller minimum lot sizes #1 – Housing Options/Zoning Solutions

  14. Zoning Solutions Revise the parking provisions to allow spaces to be shared by more than one use. Issue #2Inadequate supply and inefficient use of existing parking PolicyIncrease neighborhood parking availability.

  15. #2 – Parking/Zoning Solutions • Establish maximum parking requirements that, when exceeded, must be utilized as shared • Adjust the residential district special use requirements to provide opportunities for shared parking.

  16. Issue #3The form & function of commercial districts does not fit or preserve character of neighborhoods. PolicyCreate new commercial districts based on character, density & use. Zoning Solutions • Create new pedestrian-oriented districts • Rezone along major streets from commercial to residential

  17. #3 – Commercial/Zoning Solutions • Create new“big-box” district with design standards • Create new transit-oriented districts • Develop standards for and permit live/work units in commercial districts

  18. Issue #4Industrial area transitions insufficiently protect industrial and non-industrial uses. PolicyProtect and promote industrial developments. Zoning Solutions • Require landscape of industrial setbacks from residential districts

  19. #4 – Industrial Transitions/Zoning Solutions • Create transition requirements/standards in manufacturing districts (see existing PMD standards) • Extend river edge boundaries (see Chicago River Corridor Design Guidelines & Standards)

  20. Zoning Solutions Employ an interested parties notification procedure similar to TIF Issue #5Better communication and greater opportunities for neighborhood participation in the development review process are needed. Policy Increase neighborhood involvement.

  21. #5 – Communication/Zoning Solutions • Require direct mailed notice of all discretionary review requests • Establish a neighborhood contact requirement • Improve public notification process by posting announcements in public spaces

  22. Issue #6There are no design standards for open space development. PolicyIncrease quality and quantity of open space. Zoning Solutions • Provide density bonuses for residential, commercial private/public open space development in neighborhoods

  23. #6 – Open Space/Zoning Solutions • Require public access to any developed river edge open space • Limit lot coverage in residential districts • Establish minimum setback and screening requirements for certain active recreational uses

  24. MPC on Zoning • Lay of the Land: A National Survey of Zoning Reform, 1999 • In the Zone Issue Brief, 2000 • Revise Recreate Rezone, June 2001 • Neighborhood Recommendations, October 2001 • Zoning Recommendations Issue Brief, November 2001 • Zoning issue of ideas@work, February 2002 • www.metroplanning.org

  25. Get Involved! • Send email comments to theMayor’s Zoning Reform Commission online: www.ci.chi.il.us/mayor/zoning • Stay in touch! Regular updates of MPC’s work: www.metroplanning.org

  26. Special Thanks The Shaping Communities through Urban Design project has been made possible through generous grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, the Steans Family Foundation and the Woods Fund of Chicago.

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