Transcript Document

BIG IDEAS
part 2
May 19, 2014
City of Duluth Unified Development Code
Agenda
BIG IDEAS to discuss:
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Downtown
Buford Highway
Multi-Family Design Standards
Transitional Standards
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Downtown Plan
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Downtown Plan
Existing Zoning
M-1
M-1
M-1
M-2
CPD-C
CPD-R
R-1
CBD
CPD-C
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Downtown Plan
Proposed Zoning
HRD
(Historic Residential
District)
CBD
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Downtown Plan
Proposed Concept Plans / Site Plans consistent with
Illustrative Master Plan
Land Use
HRD
(Historic Residential
District)
Street
Layout
CBD
Streetscape
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Downtown Plan
 Design standards
• Updated CBD standards
- Based on Downtown Overlay District
(DOD) standards
- Modify where inconsistent with Downtown
Plan
• Planning Department review replaces
CPD-C and CPD-R Review Boards
• Exception: inconsistencies with
Downtown Plan, then forward to
Planning Commission
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Downtown Overlay District (DOD)
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Downtown Overlay District (DOD)
Proposed scaled-back DOD boundary
• Apply CBD design standards
Comp Plan recommends
neighborhood plan for
remaining area
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Buford Highway
 Remove Buford
Highway Overlay
District (BHOD)
 HC-1 (proposed)
• South of Davenport
• Allows auto uses
• Additional landscape
screening
 HC-2 (proposed)
• North of Davenport
• Prohibits auto uses
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Buford Highway
 Existing building design
standards would apply
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Architectural treatment
Blank walls
Building materials
Pitched roofs
 Standards apply to HC, C-1,
C-2, O-I, O-N, M-1 and M-2
 Propose differentiating
standards for commercial vs.
industrial districts
Arcade
Awnings and wall offsets
Portico
Alcove
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Buford Highway
 Building materials
• Allow other materials in
addition to brick, stone, stucco
or wood in M-1, M-2
 Roof types
• Allow flat roofs in commercial
and industrial districts
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RM District – Design Standards
 Brick, stone, stucco, and/or lap
siding (wood or HardiPlank)
• Number of sides?
• Percentage of materials per side?
 Wall offsets / material change in
building plane
 Two covered parking spaces
 Other design considerations?
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Transition
 The effective date of the UDC will be established
when it is adopted.
 For properties that are already at some stage in
the development approval or permitting process,
they would be exempt from the UDC as follows:
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Transition
 Subdivisions
• Preliminary Plats and development plans approved
prior to the effective date of the UDC …
• Can proceed to completion if construction begins
within 1 year of plat approval, and
• The work proceeds on a continuous basis.
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Transition
 Site development plans, development permits
and building permits.
• Site development plans approved, and development
permits or building permits issued prior to the effective
date of the UDC …
• Can proceed to completion if construction begins
within 1 year of plan approval or permit issuance, and
• The work proceeds on a continuous basis.
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Transition
 Recently approved rezoning or special use.
• A zoning map amendment or special use approved
within 6 months before the UDC effective date …
• Will be honored if a development permit or a building
permit is issued within 6 months after the UDC
effective date, and
• The permit does not expire due to lack of construction
activity.
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Transition
 Applications in Process.
• A valid and complete application for rezoning or
special use approval, development or construction
approval accepted prior to the UDC effective date …
• Can be considered under the previous regulations if
the application is approved within 6 months after the
UDC effective date, and
• The use, development or construction begins within 6
months after approval.
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Transition
 Effect
• When the use of or construction on an exempt
property is completed, inconsistencies with the UDC
will be treated as legal nonconformities.
• After the UDC effective date, all new applications for
zoning, development or variances will follow the
procedures in the UDC.
• The owner of an exempt property has the option to
comply with new UDC regulations if more to their
advantage.
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