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Pedestrian Commercial Overlay (PCO) Districts: Revisions and Expansions

Pedestrian Commercial Overlay (PCO) Districts: Revisions and Expansions. City Planning Commission July 11, 2013. 1. Purpose Encourage the concentration of specialty retail, entertainment and restaurant uses at a building scale that would create a catalyst for pedestrian activity. .

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Pedestrian Commercial Overlay (PCO) Districts: Revisions and Expansions

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  1. Pedestrian Commercial Overlay (PCO) Districts: Revisions and Expansions City Planning Commission July 11, 2013 1

  2. Purpose Encourage the concentration of specialty retail, entertainment and restaurant uses at a building scale that would create a catalyst for pedestrian activity. What is a Pedestrian Commercial Overlay (PCO)District? 2

  3. Example: Standard Commercial Zoning

  4. Example: PCO Regulations

  5. Update and Revise • Streamlining Approval Processes • Average approval time: 4-6 weeks • Improving How We Operate • Development Certificate requirements • Waivers 5

  6. Potential Revisions • Revise Development Standards • Building location • Transparency Requirements • Parking • Landscaping • Signs • Simplify Development Certificate Process • Allow Administrative Approval of development plans • Permitting New Land Uses 6

  7. Current PCOs 7

  8. Potential Expansion Areas 8

  9. 21st Street PCO Background • Purpose statement • Maintain commercial vitality of 21st Street business area • Enhance pedestrian-oriented commercial activities • Ensure off-street parking reflects pedestrian nature of district • Adopted by Norfolk City Council on March 21, 1995 • Developed with support from Ghent Business Association and Ghent Neighborhood League

  10. 21st Street PCO Potential Expansion • Review existing 21st Street PCO regulations • Evaluate potential expansion areas • Development standards: • Zoning • Permitted Uses • Building Placement • Off-Street Parking • Transparency • Signs

  11. Potential PCO Expansion Areas

  12. Area 1: West 21st Street (west of Colley)

  13. Area 2: West 22nd Street (Colley - Colonial)

  14. Area 3: 22nd Street (Llewellyn - Monticello)

  15. Area 4: West 19th Street (Llewellyn - Monticello)

  16. Colonial Ave: Future Land Use Map

  17. Colonial Ave (23rd– 26th)

  18. Conformity Matrix = > 60% conform = 30 – 59% conform = < 30% conform

  19. Public Outreach • Staff meetings with: • Fairmount Park Civic League • Park Place Civic League • Park Place Merchants Association • Ghent Business Association • Riverview Business Association

  20. Next Steps • Continued work with representative groups to refine existing PCO regulations • Meet with property owners in any expansion areas

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