Transcript Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code

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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Text amendments for multifamily access
(CPA-04-07)and PD-TDR (CPA-11-07)
adopted on November 13, 2007.
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Amendments went into effect January 18,
2008
CPA-04-07 – Multifamily Access
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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:
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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
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Access road shall meet minimum street
design specs based on projected ADT
CPA-11-07 – PD-TDR
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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
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Planned Developments with Transfer of
Development Rights
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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
GENERAL CONCEPT of PD-TDR
Process and Standards
Planned Developments – Article 2 of
Chapter 402
 Rural Clustered Subdivisions – Section
407.77 and 407.78
 Planned Development – rezoning to PDTDR-S and PD-TDR-R
 Unified development plan that includes
both sending and receiving parcels
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Sending Parcel
Must be at least 50% field verified
conservation areas
 Maximum number of units transferred,
lesser of:
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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
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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:
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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
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Recommendation
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Conduct public hearing and direct staff to
prepare for second hearing.