HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-29-17 Public Comment - R. Brown - UDC Update, Section 38From:Richard Brown
To:Agenda
Subject:Second try
Date:Friday, September 29, 2017 10:21:56 AM
Attachments:B2_B2M Codes.pdf
Dear Commission, attached is a PDF of some Section 38 changes I would like you to consider.
I heard that, at a past Commission meeting that you had received but one comment. I willsend this numerous ways in order to get it to go theoruh.
Richard
Sec. 38.10.050. - Yards.
Integrate into this section the following changes applicable to B-2M.
A. Minimum yards required for the B-1 and B-2 districts are:
1. Buildings:
a. Front yard: seven feet, except along arterials where minimum is 25 feet.
b. Rear yard: ten feet.
c. Side yards: five feet (except zero lot lines as allowed by section 38.21.060).
2. Parking and loading areas:
a. Front yard: 25 feet.
b. Rear yard; ten feet.1
c. Side yards: eight feet.1 1 Side and rear yards for parking may be allowed to be zero
feet when coordinated parking arrangements between adjacent properties is provided.
3. The purpose of differentiated yard setback requirements is to encourage the placement and
development of buildings in a manner to address the street and adjacent pedestrian activity and
encourage a vigorous and diverse streetscape.
4. All vehicle entrances into garages shall be no closer than 20 feet to a property line, unless
explicitly authorized otherwise under this chapter.
5. Rear and side yards adjacent to alleys shall be at least five feet.
B. Minimum yards required for the B-2M districts are:
1. Buildings:
a. Front yard provisions are set forth in the block frontage standards in section
38.44.010.
b. Rear yard: ten feet (five feet for accessory buildings);
c. Side yard: five feet (except zero lot lines as allowed by section 38.21.060).
2. Parking: a. Front yard provisions are set forth in the block frontage standards in section
38.44.010. b. Rear yard: five feet.1 c. Side yard: five feet.1 1 Side and rear yards for parking
may be allowed to be zero feet when coordinated parking arrangements between adjacent
properties is provided.
Sec. 38.10.060. - Building height.
Integrate into this section the following changes applicable to B-2M.
A. Maximum building height for each commercial district shall be as follows:
2. In the B-2 district:
a. Roof pitch less than 3:12: 38 feet.
b. Roof pitch 3:12 or greater: 44 feet.
c. Maximum height allowed by subsections 2.a and b of this section may be increased by
up to a maximum of 50 percent when the B-2 zoning district is implementing a regional
commercial and services growth policy land use designation.
d. Maximum height otherwise cumulatively allowed by this section may be increased by
30 percent through the approval of a conditional use permit, but only when the
additional height is a specifically identified purpose of the review.
3. In the B-2M district:
a. For buildings designed for non-residential or mixed-use: Five stories or 60 feet (whichever is
less), provided the top floor of five-story buildings within 30 feet of the front property line
feature must have a stepback of at least ten feet from the front face of the building.
Figure 38.10.060. The top floor of five story buildings within 30 feet of a street property line
shall feature a ten-foot stepback along the front façade to reduce the perceived scale of the
building.
b. For buildings designed for single purpose residential use: Four stories or 50 feet (whichever
is less).
c. An area, not to exceed a total of ten percent of the floor area which is located at street level,
may extend above the maximum building height by up to 12 feet.