Transcript Document
BIG IDEAS
part 2
May 19, 2014
City of Duluth Unified Development Code
Agenda
BIG IDEAS to discuss:
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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