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Compatibility Code Updates
Cameron Gloss
12-12-17
Three Interrelated Focus Areas
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Downtown
Neighborhood Conservation Buffer (NCB)
Historic Preservation
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Key Questions
Is it appropriate to create an expanded Downtown zone
district?
Is Council comfortable with staff’s intention to integrate
compatibility requirements in the Land Use Code to
improve overall clarity and predictability?
Recent Guiding Plans
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Downtown Plan Policy
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Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Policy
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Old Town Neighborhood
Plan Policy
Code Update Objectives
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• Retain and enhance our sense of place
• Strengthen compatibility and transition standards
• Promote individual subdistrict character
• Increase clarity and predictability; simplify standards when possible
• Strengthen graphic representation
• Strengthen standards geared towards pedestrians
Code Update Objectives
Downtown Zones
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Current Downtown Zones
Downtown Zones
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Proposed Downtown Zones
Downtown Subdistricts
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River Subdistrict
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River Subdistrict
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River Subdistrict
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Transitions
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“Compatibility does not
mean the same as.
Rather, compatibility
refers to the sensitivity
of development
proposals in maintaining
the character of existing
development.”
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All of the Land Use Code
shapes compatibility
Transitions
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Between Downtown
and the abutting
neighborhoods
Transitions
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Between character
subdistricts
Transitions
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Between development
and historic resources
Transitions
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Key Concept
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Street Character Types
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Organizing Principles
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Current Height Limits
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Example Graphics
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Key Questions
Is it appropriate to create an expanded Downtown zone
district?
Is Council comfortable with staff’s intention to integrate
compatibility requirements in the Land Use Code to
improve overall clarity and predictability?
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Next Steps
December 12, 2017 – Developer Forum
January 2018 – Stakeholder Interviews
February 2018 – Testing of regulatory options
March 2018 – Interactive Public Workshops
April 10, 2018 –City Council Work Session
May Planning and Zoning Board and
Landmark Preservation Commission
June 5, 2018 – City Council consideration