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Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code. Section 403.10 Multifamily Residential Requirements Section 406.03(d) – Planned Developments with Transfer of Development Rights (PD-TDR). Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
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Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code Section 403.10Multifamily Residential Requirements Section 406.03(d) – Planned Developments with Transfer of Development Rights (PD-TDR)
Comprehensive Plan Amendments • Text amendments for multifamily access (CPA-04-07)and PD-TDR (CPA-11-07) adopted on November 13, 2007. • Amendments went into effect January 18, 2008
CPA-04-07 – Multifamily Access • Text amendment to FLU Policies 1.3.8.2 and 1.3.9.2 to allow multifamily developments that do not have direct access to a collector or arterial street to occur in the medium and medium-high density land use categories
403.10 Multifamily Residential Requirements • Planned Development approval • Limited number of existing SF driveways, based on: • design of roadway • traffic counts • size of proposed development • Sidewalks must be provided
Collector Road Design Elements – Potential Conditions • Curb and gutter • pedestrian-scale street lighting • Shade trees • Transit stops with benches • Pedestrian activated crossing signals • Bicycle lanes • Access road shall meet minimum street design specs based on projected ADT
CPA-11-07 – PD-TDR • Text amendment to FLUE Policy 6.2.5.1 to allow a noncontiguous cluster development by utilizing a planned development with transfer of development rights from regulated conservation areas to less environmentally sensitive properties in the Rural/Agriculture land use
PD-TDR • Planned Developments with Transfer of Development Rights • Two or more noncontiguous tracts of land in the Rural/Agriculture land use • Transfers to less environmentally sensitive land • Receiving parcel density may exceed that allowed by Rural/Agriculture land use
Process and Standards • Planned Developments – Article 2 of Chapter 402 • Rural Clustered Subdivisions – Section 407.77 and 407.78 • Planned Development – rezoning to PD-TDR-S and PD-TDR-R • Unified development plan that includes both sending and receiving parcels
Sending Parcel • Must be at least 50% field verified conservation areas • Maximum number of units transferred, lesser of: • Number of units allowed by land use plus bonus units (Policy 6.2.10.4) • Number of upland acres, excluding wetlands and wetland buffers
Sending Parcel • Units not transferred may be retained on sending parcel for transfer later • Parcel to be designated as conservation management area • Densities of up to one unit per 200 acres may be retained • Up to 1 unit per 40 acres may be retained if it can be demonstrated that no impact to resource protection will occur
Receiving Parcel • Maximum density will be the number of units based on Rural/Ag land use plus additional units transferred, subject to lot size requirements for Rural Clustered Subdivisions (Policy 6.2.13) • Maximum density subject to analysis of: • Availability and capacity of infrastructure • Environmental suitability • Land uses and development patterns of surrounding properties
Additional Requirements • Minimum of 50 % of the combined acreage of sending and receiving parcels shall be permanently set aside as open space on the sending parcel • Minimum of 20 % of receiving parcel shall be designated as open space • Receiving parcel shall be developed consistent with COSE Policies 3.1.1-3.1.3 and Objective 3.6
Recommendation • Conduct public hearing and direct staff to prepare for second hearing.