1. Downtown Incentive Zoning International Downtown Association September 22, 2012 Jason Wittenberg, AICP

2. Zoning in Downtown Minneapolis

3. Policy 10.1: Promote building designs and heights that enhance and complement the image and form of the Downtown skyline, provide transition to the edges of Downtown and protect the scale and quality in areas of distinctive physical or historical character. Policy 10.2: Integrate pedestrian scale design features into Downtown site and building designs and infrastructure improvements. Policy 10.3: Use skyways to connect buildings Downtown.

4. Intersections: Downtown 2025 Plan http://www.downtownmpls.com/page/show/423275-2025-plan

5. Zoning in Downtown Minneapolis

6. The Basic Idea Zoning bonuses allow a developer to build a project that would not normally be allowed by the city’s land use regulations in exchange for providing a something that is in the community’s interest—something the city would not otherwise require of the developer. “Incentive Zoning: Meeting Urban Design and Affordable Housing Objectives” Author: Marya Morris American Planning Association 2000

7. Bonuses Outside of Downtown Mixed use Enclosed/underground parking Affordable housing

8. ARTICLE II. FLOOR AREA RATIO PREMIUMS 549.190. Purpose. These regulations are established to promote development of exceptional quality by allowing the maximum floor area ratio of structures on a zoning lot to be increased where it is determined that the development on such zoning lot includes amenities that benefit the public and that contribute positively to the design and function of the downtown districts. Downtown Bonuses (“Premiums”)

9. Skyway Connections

10. Extra Credit?

11. Indoor Open Space

12. Through-Block Connections

13. Outdoor Open Space

14. Retail Sales & Services

15. Public Art

17. Historic Preservation

18. Arcades – No Longer Eligible for Bonus

19. Large Buildings Can Be Built Without Bonuses

20. Lessons and Questions -Many of Minneapolis’ downtown bonuses have not been used thoroughly because of the timing of the ordinance -Plazas - The difficulty of getting it right -What amenities should be required rather than offered as an incentive? -For example: -Bicycle amenities -Landscaping & green infrastructure

21. Downtown Incentive Zoning Jason Wittenberg City of Minneapolis Interim Planning Director jason.wittenberg@minneapolismn.gov 612-673-2297