Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code Section Multifamily Residential Requirements Section (d) – Planned Developments with Transfer of Development Rights (PD-TDR)
Comprehensive Plan Amendments Text amendments for multifamily access (CPA-04-07)and PD-TDR (CPA-11-07) adopted on November 13, Amendments went into effect January 18, 2008
CPA – Multifamily Access Text amendment to FLU Policies and 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
Multifamily Residential Requirements Planned Development approval Limited number of existing SF driveways, based on: 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 Access road shall meet minimum street design specs based on projected ADT
CPA – PD-TDR Text amendment to FLUE Policy 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 Planned Developments with Transfer of Development Rights 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 and Planned Development – rezoning to PD- TDR-S and PD-TDR-R Unified development plan that includes both sending and receiving parcels
Sending Parcel Must be at least 50% field verified conservation areas Maximum number of units transferred, lesser of: Number of units allowed by land use plus bonus units (Policy ) 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
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 ) Maximum density subject to analysis of: 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 and Objective 3.6
Recommendation Conduct public hearing and direct staff to prepare for second hearing.