1. City Commission Workshop
Zoning Code Re-Write
City Commission Workshop
October 5, 2005

2. Status Code has been re-organized into 8 articles
Format includes “way-finding” section numbering system
Headers and footers for easy location of sections
Increased use of charts and illustrations

3. Table of Contents Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Decisionmaking and Administrative Bodies
Article 3. Development Review
Article 4. Zoning Districts
Article 5. Development Standards

4. Table of Contents Article 6. Non-conformities
Article 7. Violations, Enforcement and Penalties
Article 8. Definitions
Appendix A Site Specific
Appendix B Mediterranean Design Guidelines
Appendix C Foundation Map

5. Formatting Example Article Division Subsection Sample Page
Article 3 Development Review
Division 2 General Development Review Procedures
Section 3 – 201. Pre-application conference
Section 3 – 202. Filing application for development approval/simultaneous applications
Section 3 – 203. Determination of application completeness
Section 3 – 204. Review by Development Review Committee (DRC)
Article
Division
Subsection

6. Residential Districts
Draft consolidates existing R districts into 2 districts – “Old Gables” and “New Gables” (old districts differed only in terms of required minimum building area)
Site Specific Regulations are not changed and still apply
Draft consolidates A and D districts into 2 multifamily districts

7. Actual Lot Sizes

8. Single Family Districts
SF 1 - Old Gables
SF 2 – New Gables
SF 2 - No material change in regulations governing the New Gables
Although modifications were considered, no changes to lot split provisions is proposed in either district

9. SF 1 District
Residences with a height of 16’ and an FAR of .35 or less – Permitted As of Right
Residences with a height of more than 16’ and/or an FAR of more than .35 – Discretionary administrative review subject to performance standards by Zoning

10. SF 1 District
Height reduced to 27 feet – measured from the mid-point of the gable
Incentives for porte-cocheres and free-standing garages (not counted as FAR)
Garages set back at least 5 feet from building line
Minimum rear yard increased to 10 feet
Reduced FAR for lot area in excess of 10,000 square feet from .3 to .1

11. Increased Side Yard Setbacks

12. Building Envelope Rear Yard = 5’ Side Yard (20% of Lot Width)
7.5’ each side
Front Yard = 25’
75’(w) x 110’(d) Lot

13. Maximum Coverage
35% = 2,887 s.f.

14. 2,887 sq ft,
1 story home

15. Performance Standard House rotated to increase side yards
Additional Side
Yard Setbacks

16. Performance Standard

17. Performance Standard

18. Contextual Review
Discretionary review of single family expansion or new construction”
Reviewed in context of existing houses in “neighborhood”
Neighborhood defined by block on which proposed development is located on either side of street, plus
Lots abutting rear property line

19. “Neighborhood”

20. “Neighborhood”

21. Contextual Review
Board of Architects review of proposed expansion or new construction based on:
whether height, scale, mass and character is consistent with existing homes
impact on air and light of adjacent residences
compatibility with neighborhood character

22. Contextual Review

23. Contextual Review

24. Multifamily Districts
MF 1 -- Low intensity district (9 dus/acre)
MF 2 – Mid and high rise district (based on moratorium ordinance)
Reduced front yard setback for Low rise (duplexes, townhouses and apartments

25. Townhouse Standards No required front yard in MF 1 District
Minimum front yard of ten (10) feet in MF 2 District for townhouses, attached residential and apartments
No individual unit garage entrances facing street in MF 1 or MF 2
Minimum unit width of sixteen (16) feet

26. Townhouse Standards
Not Permitted

27. Townhouse Standards
Permitted

28. Commercial Districts
Consolidate CA, CB and CC Districts into 2 districts:
CL Commercial Limited
C General Commercial
Consolidate laundry list of uses into categories of use
Night-time uses

29. CL Commercial Limited
Commercial along major roads which are adjacent to single family residential with or without alley
Mandatory compliance for non-conforming nuisance-like conditions – outdoor noise, night use of unscreened parking areas and uncontrolled odors (cooking or waste storage)

30. Night Time Uses Uses active between 8:00PM and 6:00AM
Subject to discretionary administrative review and compliance with performance standards if adjacent to singe family residential area