AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL LAND USE: THE RALEIGH EXPERIENCE Dhanya Sandeep Planner II Department of City Planning Raleigh, NC Town of Morrisville Planning Board Meeting November 8, 2012

AGENDA AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT BACKGROUND OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS OVERLAY AND RDU NOISE CONTOURS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS RALEIGH EXPERIENCE KEY HIGHLIGHTS

BACKGROUND RALEIGH’S AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT (AOD) ORDINANCE FIRST ADOPTED IN 1985 PURSUANT TO ANNEXATION OF LARGE AREA IN NORTHWEST RALEIGH ADJACENT TO RDU AIRPORT FACILITY AMENDED IN 1989 TO INCLUDE ALTERNATIVE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR SHIELDING OF SELECTED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DISTRICT BOUNDARY DEFINED TO INCLUDE ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 65 DNL EXCLUDE POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL NON-CONFORMITIES (NORTH OF LEESVILLE ROAD) ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE THIRD RUNWAY

AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT OBJECTIVES LIMIT PERMITTED USES TO NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ENSURE ATTRACTIVENESS OF CITY’S GATEWAY PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE FROM CERTAIN DANGERS, ADVERSE EFFECTS, AND NUISANCES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRPORT FACILITIES PROTECT EFFICIENCY AND LONG TERM USEFULNESS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN AREA AVIATION FACILITIES

AOD REGULATIONS PERMITTED USES: USES PERMITTED IN UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED PROHIBITED USES: DWELLING UNITS DAY-CARE FACILITIES SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES ABOVE GROUND BULK STORAGE AND USES SUSCEPTIBLE TO FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS MINING, QUARRIES, OPEN LANDFILLS STORAGE YARDS FOR WRECKED VEHICLES (1989 AMENDMENT) UNSHIELDED CONCRETE PLANTS

AOD REGULATIONS OTHER REGULATIONS DEAL WITH: LOCATION OF BUILDINGS AND PARKING AREAS 50 FOOT VEGETATED BUFFER ADJACENT TO THOROUGHFARES OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHIELDING REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHIELDING ALTERNATIVES LIGHTING SHIELDED SO THAT NO DIRECT GLARE CAN BE SEEN FROM ABOVE ROOF TOP MATERIALS UNIFORM IN COLOR AND MADE OF NONREFLECTIVE MATERIAL

RDU COMPOSITE NOISE CONTOURS

AOD AND RDU NOISE CONTOURS

RESIDENTIAL DEV. TRENDS AROUND AOD RESIDENTIAL USES STRICTLY PROHIBITED WITHIN THE OVERLAY AOD BOUNDARY INCLUDES ALL PROPERTIES ABOVE 65 DNL CONTOUR (EXEMPTED RESIDENTIAL USES EITHER PRE- DEVELOPED OR USED REZONING PROCESS TO REMOVE AOD) OVERLAY DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDED THROUGH REZONINGS TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL USES RESIDENTIAL REZONING REMOVED AOD WITHIN 65 DNL – 1 REZONING (DOMINION PARK) RESIDENTIAL UPZONINGS OUTSIDE AOD BUT WITHIN 65 DNL CONTOUR – 3 REZONINGS TO NORTH OF LEESVILLE (SUBJECT TO RDU APPROVAL OF ZONING CONDITIONS) REMOVED OVERLAY WITHIN DNL – 2 REZONINGS (SUBJECT TO RDU APPROVAL OF ZONING CONDITIONS)

RESIDENTIAL DEV. AROUND AOD

RESIDENTIAL DEV. TRENDS AROUND AOD MID 90’S REZONING THAT REMOVED AOD WITHIN 65 DNL (DOMINION PARK) MID 2000 UPZONINGS OUTSIDE AOD WITHIN 65 DNL (APPROVED SUBJECT TO ZONING CONDITIONS) CURRENTLY APPROX. 850 RES. DU ARE WITHIN THE 65 DNL (OUTSIDE OF AOD BOUNDARY) REZONINGS REMOVED AOD WITHIN DNL (SUBJECT TO RDU APPROVAL OF ZONING CONDITIONS) RDU CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL: PROVISION OF AVIGATION EASEMENT STRUCTURAL SOUND ATTENUATION NOISE DISCLOSURE FOR BUYERS/RENTERS

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF RALEIGH EXPERIENCE RESIDENTIAL USES STRICTLY PROHIBITED WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT REZONINGS REMOVED AOD TO PERMIT RESIDENTIAL USES NOISE COMPLAINTS NOTED FOR PORTIONS OF HARRINGTON GROVE AND DOMINION PARK WITHIN 65 DNL NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE RETAIN AOD REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGY INTERVENTIONS COULD POTENTIALLY REDEFINE FUTURE REGULATIONS

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