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Unified Land Development Code Update 2012

Unified Land Development Code Update 2012. Second Public Hearing October 9, 2012. Process for Updating the ULDC. Board workshops to discuss working drafts Workshops with community organizations or citizens as requested

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Unified Land Development Code Update 2012

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  1. Unified Land Development CodeUpdate 2012 Second Public Hearing October 9, 2012

  2. Process for Updating the ULDC • Board workshops to discuss working drafts • Workshops with community organizations or citizens as requested • Met with Builders Association, Grow Gainesville, Rural Concerns, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Health Care Advisory Committee

  3. Recent Activity • EAR-based Comprehensive Plan update adopted April 5, 2011 • Working with Revised Code since 2006 – clarifications and updates needed • Legislative changes

  4. Chapter 400 and Chapter 401 • Purpose Statement: Promote energy –efficient land use patterns and building design, and energy conservation in the built environment (400.02(d)18) • No substantive changes – Added an alternate to Board of Adjustment 401.07(a)). Clarified review process for change of uses and minor plan revisions.

  5. Chapter 401 Development Review Bodies • Sec. 401.11. - Powers and duties. • The board of adjustment shall exercise the powers and duties listed below. • … • The board of adjustment has the authority to modify variances that had been granted by said board, including variances pursuant to code that was subsequently repealed (such as subdivision variances); however, this subsection shall not authorize the creation of additional lots.

  6. Chapter 401- Development Review Bodies • § 401.20 – Development Review Departments Powers and Duties • (a)2 – Development Review Committee: added ‘activities that propose significant adverse impact to regulated natural and historic resources’ • (c)1 – Decisions of Environmental Protection Department: added ‘minimal impact activities’ to clarify EPD can authorize minimal impacts adjacent to wetlands • Other wetland impacts still BOCC review

  7. Chapter 402 Development Review Applications • Changed mailed notice for public hearings to staff responsibility not applicant (§402.14) and clarified times and content for DRC ads (§402.15) • Comprehensive Plan Amendment Changes (Article 7) • Thresholds for Board review of preliminary plans (§ 402.44): • Added sentence explaining expansions that cause overall project to meet the threshold are subject to Board review • Added Institutional/Place of Worship/Civic Organization and Recreation– 25,000 sq ft would include golf courses (buildings)

  8. Chapter 402 – Development Review Applications • Activity Center Master Plan clarification (Article 15). • Voluntary termination of Special Exception and Special Use Permits (§402.115.5 and §402.126.5) • TOD Preliminary Development Plans – street types shown on preliminary plan (§402.130)

  9. Chapter 402 Development Review Applications • Deleted Article 20 – Development Inside the Urban Cluster but Outside the Urban Services Line • Added Sector Plan language – Article 20 • 15,000 acres • Process – Comp Plan amendment • Rezoning to PD in increments • Article 25, §402.154 – Signage for Temporary Use Permits • Allow any number of signs with maximum size of 16 sq ft each • Article 28 - appeals process changed for development plan approvals

  10. Chapter 403 Zoning Districts • Clarified garage setbacks (Table 403.07.2) • Clarified lot dimension requirements for subdivided commercial property (§403.12(d)) • Updated descriptions of industrial districts (Article 5) • Deleted requirement for 5% developed recreational space as separate from 20% open space for multi-family (§403.10(d) and manufactured home parks (§403.22(b)7)

  11. Chapter 404 – Use Regulations • §404.02 • Added “principal uses” to PD language – now allows accessory uses to principal use • Use Table Article 2 • Deleted Medical clinic from Use Table and combined it with Medical Office and §404.45 standards for medical clinic.

  12. Chapter 404 – Use Regulations • Article 2 – Use Table • Changed child care centers from A (accessory use) to SE (special exception) in Agriculture and low density residential districts • Changed golf courses from SE to L (limited use) in Agriculture district and added as limited use to low density residential districts (excluding R-1c)

  13. Chapter 404 – Use Regulations • New Uses: • Community Gardens • Farmers Markets • Resource-Based Recreation • Residential Recreation Camp • College or University

  14. Chapter 404 • Article 3 Agriculture • New allowances for limited restaurants on farms (§404.09) • Produce stand (§404.11) • allowed as accessory to a working farm • 20 sq ft of a produce stand to be used for prepackaged goods • off-site produce not regulated

  15. Chapter 404 Use Regulations • Article 3, §404.13 – Poultry and Livestock on Less than Five Acres • Added new section (c) allowing one Vietnamese pot-bellied pig per half-acre in A, A-RB, RE, RE-1 and residential lots in Rural Clusters • Some reformatting

  16. Chapter 404 Use Regulations Article 3 • Poultry on residential lots – up to 6 (§404.13) • Community Gardens with standards (§404.13.1) • Farmers’ Markets with standards (§404.13.2)

  17. Chapter 404 Use Regulations Article 4 §404.24 – Accessory living units • Estate, Low Density and Medium Density Residential • Increased living area to 50% of principal residence or 1,000 sq ft, whichever is greater. • Deleted minimum size and limit on number of bedrooms • Rural/Agriculture • Deleted minimum number of bedrooms

  18. Chapter 404 Use Regulations Article 6 Adult and Child Care • Churches, government buildings, civic uses – accessory uses • Accessory child care centers now require a special exception.

  19. Chapter 404 Use Regulations Article 7 Educational Facilities and Article 8 Community Services • Require special exceptions for athletic fields designed for formal competition at churches and schools in or adjacent to residential areas. • Minimum 5 acres • Hours of operation prohibited between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am

  20. Potential Uses in Residential Areas • Amateur radio towers • Home-based businesses • Parking of trucks (in enclosed structures) • Family daycare – small daycares in homes • Homeless Shelters - accessory max15 clients • Soup Kitchens – accessory max 25 clients • Farmer’s markets in A(agriculture) • Community Gardens – could locate with schools, churches • Bed and Breakfasts – Special Exception if in platted subdivision

  21. Chapter 404 Use Regulations • Article 14 Entertainment and Recreation §404.66.5 • Research • Contacted several course designers and related professionals • American Society of Golf Course Architects – voluntary Environmental Principles very similar to new standards proposed in ULDC • Added standards for golf courses • Limited use in A, RE, RE-1, R-1a, R-1aa, R-1b • No square footage limitation on clubhouse, would be subject to DRC thresholds • Conservation standards

  22. Chapter 404 Use Regulations • Article 15 Food and Beverage §404.67.5 • Added restaurants to A(Agriculture)district • Article 20 §404.82.5 • Listed types of vehicles that cannot be parked outside of an enclosed structure within residential districts instead of using vehicle weight.

  23. Chapter 404 Use Regulations • Article 23 Waste –Related Services • Added §404.89.5 Materials Recovery, Recycling and Composting Facilities to provide review standards • Article 24 Mining or Excavation and Fill Operations • §404.95 (a) – Mining, Excavation and Fill • Reduced costs and process for renewal requests of C&D landfills

  24. Chapter 404 Use Regulations Article 28 Resource-Based Recreation • §404.108 – Docks • Deleted (b) – removal of regulated trees and related reference in (e) • §404.109 • Amended hunting and fishing camp standards • §404.111 • Created Recreational Camps

  25. Chapter 405 Special Districts and Activity Centers • §405.04 Thresholds for requiring Transit Oriented Developments and Traditional Neighborhood Developments added to Activity Center requirements. • Amendments allowed to the PD or Zoning Master Plan without complying with TND/TOD if the amendments: • do not change the types of non-residential use and/or change the total square footage or number of units; or • Only include an increase or decrease of up to 25% of the total square footage of non-residential use or number of residential units, then the Planned Development shall develop consistent with the Traditional Neighborhood Developmentdesign standards only

  26. Chapter 405 • Activity Center Master Plan language deleted • Cross Creek Village bald eagle nesting zone language has been updated • Urban Service Area regulations were added • Design standards • Exceptions • Alternative Design for Activity Centers and Urban Service Areas

  27. Future Land Use – Urban Cluster Area Urban Cluster Urban Services Area (USA) Urban Cluster

  28. Chapter 406 –Natural & Historic Resources • Article 1 General • §406.05(c)2 – deleted owner submitting verification of BMPs • §406.06 (e) Fencing, adding language recognizing that farm fencing is exempt (F.S. 604.50) • Article 2 Trees and Native Vegetation • §406.11(b) – deleted requirement for written notice of exempt agriculture and silvicultural activities

  29. Chapter 406 Natural and Historic Resources Protection Article 2 Trees and Native Vegetation • §406.12(a)4: 30% canopy requirement within 20 years -up to 400 sq ft of canopy on private platted lots may count towards the canopy coverage. • Added §406.12(e) allowing emergency removal of trees prior to obtaining permit • Article 7 100- Year Floodplains • Added language to the article concerning property within flood hazard areas – change to Florida Building Code

  30. Chapter 406 Natural and Historic Resources Protection • Article 8 Springs and High Aquifer Recharge Areas(combined with Article 9 High Aquifer Recharge Areas) • Outdoor water conservation standards • New residential development • No more than 60% of landscaped area may be irrigated by high-volume irrigation • Total irrigated area 0.5 acres per lot • Florida Water Star standards

  31. Chapter 406 Natural and Historic Resources Protection Article 6 Surface Water and Wetlands • §406.51 (a) deleted entire paragraph that dealt with violations of 0.10 of an acre Article 16 Significant Geologic Features • §406.90 (b) 4. added 150 foot average buffer width (at least 100 feet) for sinkholes, swallets, quarries, karst windows and other such water containing features • §406.90 (e) changed title Mitigation to Alternative Compliance and added language to allow applicants to request buffer width reductions provided certain criteria are met

  32. Chapter 406 Natural and Historic Resources Protection Article 21 Avoidance, Minimization, Mitigation, Corrective Action and Monitoring • §406.110 – When Required (Article 19 Management Plans) • Changed minimum acreage for requiring a management plan from four acres to five acres • §406.115(b) • 1. For unauthorized impact to natural resources, changed ratio of purchase and permanent protection of natural resource features for first time offenders to 2:1 • 2. amended language on calculation of fee in lieu of restoration

  33. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 1 Setbacks, Height and Other Standards • §407.01Principal Building Dwelling Units on Lot • (a) Where a single lot or parcel of land is used for a single-family attached or detached dwelling unit, only one dwelling unit shall be allowed on the lot, except as otherwise provided for in this ULDC. Other principal uses and buildings may be allowed as specified in these regulations. Accessory buildings such as sheds and garages may not be constructed prior to construction of a principal building. • §407.02 Permitted Building Area • The principal building or buildings on any lot or parcel…

  34. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 3 Signs • Sign section reformatted • Deleted separate TND/TOD section • §407.26 (f) Site to Which Numerical Limits for Freestanding Signs Are Applicable • Deleted (f) 3, The entire land area under common ownership or management and included in a planned development.

  35. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 3 Signs • §407.28 (a)16 – changed 30 minute time limit to 5 minutes for changeable copy • Added §407.29(a)10 to exempt signs internal to a development no larger than 24 sq ft and 4’ tall. • §407.29.(b)5 amended language • Allows for signs internal to development without a permit with maximum size

  36. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 3 Signs • §407.34 (a) • one sign for single tenant sites • one sign per 400 ft of street frontage for multi-tenant sites (public and private streets) • limited to 3 signs per external street frontage in lieu of separation distance

  37. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 3 Signs • §407.31(f) – Signs Allowed in Any Zoning District • Deleted wayfinding sign language – no need for separate wayfinding and incidental sign section 407.31 • §407.32 – Signs for Residential Development • Deleted Table 407.32.1 and put information into text • Changed maximum size of permanent building signs to 2 SF for single family residences • Home based business only commercial message allowed

  38. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 3 Signs • §407.34 – Signs Allowed for Nonresidential Development • Changed (d)1.a.iii to now allow any type of illumination for signs • Deleted standard in (b)2.d.v for 4” letters on sidewalk signs

  39. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 4 Landscaping • § 407.43.1 Required Tree Plantings and Landscaping • Landscaping for parking lot requirements: • Old - one tree per 10 spaces • New- meet 50% canopy requirement, no requirement for square feet per parking area • Removed requirement for head-to-head parking to be separated by a linear landscaped island. • Code would now allow up to 15 head-to-head parking spaces in a row without a landscape island.

  40. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 4 Landscaping §407.46 Required Irrigation • Changed irrigation requirements to only apply to required landscaping and only require a temporary irrigation system. • Require irrigation plans to be submitted with the landscaping plans only where permanent irrigation is proposed. • Require use of reclaimed water where available. • Require trees to have individual low flow or micro-irrigation supplies and for the irrigation to be discontinued once the trees or other plant materials are established.

  41. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 4 Landscaping • Table 407.50.1 Appropriate Tree Plantings • Reduced all the 20 foot minimum tree planting areas to 12 feet

  42. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 5 Open Space • §407.54 (c) TNDs, TODs, and Mixed-Use Developments • Deleted Quality Mixed-Use Developments • Combined regulations for open space for TNDs, TODs and Mixed Use Developments into one place. • §407.55 Designation of Open Space • Added the word “primary” to modify open space that shall be connected with other open space when protection of the resources can be maintained • Deleted the word contiguous

  43. Chapter 407 General Development Standards • Article 6 Performance Standards – no changes • Fumes, glare, noise, Industrial standards • Article 7 TND and TOD • Major change in this article was to move language to Article 4 Landscaping and Article 5 Open Space to consolidate regulations for all developments

  44. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 8 - Subdivision Regulations • §407.73(f)1 Clarified language concerning parent tracts that are divided once without having to comply with the subdivision regulations. • §407.73(i) Deleted section on changes to plat by variance – not allowed by Statute • §407.75 Family Homestead Subdivisions • Expanded this section to include family subdivisions that do not need the density exception granted by a family homestead certificate.

  45. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 8 Subdivision Standards • §407.77(b)1.a.viii. • Added common renewable energy systems to the list of permitted uses in open space areas for Rural/Agriculture Clustered Subdivisions. • §407.83 Plat Document Requirements • added amount of the required surety and acceptable documentation • §407.86(c)2. a. • Clarified language for which documents are required to be submitted when an applicant is requesting the County to take over the maintenance of a facility.

  46. Chapter 407 General Development Standards • Article 9 Stormwater Management • No major changes – some clarifications • Added “storm-water related” to requirement for submittal of electronic CAD files • Article 10 Building Design • No changes

  47. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 11 Potable Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Service • §407.109 • DRC may authorize for exception for connection to centralized water and sewer for certain non-residential uses and for new residential uses designated Estate Residential in the Comprehensive Plan. • This clarification is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. • §407.109(d) Granting of Exceptions • Deleted requirement to install dry lines • Added requirements to use low-flow plumbing fixtures and use the St. John’s River Water Management District’s Water Star standards.

  48. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 11 Potable Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Service • §407.116.5 Reclaimed Water Supply • Added requirement that all new developments within GRU’s reclaimed water service area shall provide reclaimed water to areas to be irrigated within the development. • Purpose is to encourage water conservation and require the use of the lowest acceptable quality source of water for landscape irrigation (reclaimed water)

  49. Chapter 407 General Development Standards Article 12 Concurrency Management • §407.118 (d) 5 • Added list of types of residential development that are exempt from concurrency requirements for public school facilities

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