Item B: Incompatible Infill (19th and Alder)

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4.Are there other land use code amendments that would help resolve this issue that wouldn’t conflict with the Metro Plan? The underlying policy decision here is whether to direct staff to work on this issue separate from the Infill Task Team work. If the council chooses, the following potential code amendments may address the stated compatibility issues and would be consistent with the Metro Plan: th ? Overlay zone limiting building height along the north side of 19 Avenue, requiring a more extensive height transition between zones, or requiring buildings to step back in height. ? A code amendment to increase minimum off-street parking spaces required for uses adjacent to Residential Parking Permit areas or within a certain distance of the university, or based on the number of bedrooms rather than units. The code amendment process may be initiated by the council, and takes approximately four months to complete. Making this new task a high priority on the Planning Commission work plan would require a revisit of the approved work program, and would have an impact on other items currently under way. Should the council decide to pursue this option, staff would seek direction on which adopted work program tasks should be reprioritized. Alternatively, these or other code amendments could be pursued within the context of the Infill Task Team process currently underway. This would afford the benefit of comprehensively assessing the impact of the proposed solution as it relates to potential development proposals in the immediate vicinity, and those that could be proposed in other parts of the city. It would also allow other solutions that may not have been suggested by residents or staff to be explored and refined before they are implemented. 5.Should we expand the definition of infill to address not only the number of apartments in buildings, but also the number of residents per apartment? This is a suggestion that staff recommends be passed on to the ICS Task Team for evaluation. As the Task Team gets further into examining the issues, this problem, specifically as it relates to parking requirements near the university, will be addressed. th 6.Should we request that the area directly south of the University on 19 between Hilyard and Agate be a test case for the ICS Task Team’s work? As previously mentioned, the ICS Task Team is in the process of establishing committees to work on specific issues. One of the committees will deal with compatibility issues surrounding multiple-family development. There are two other issue committees, generally dealing with 1) single-family development and 2) large subdivisions and edge development. The council could encourage the task team to prioritize one set of issues or geographic area. However, there are other neighborhoods across the city that are experiencing the impacts of incompatible infill, and the council needs to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of directing staff and task team work to focus on a particular area or issue at the exclusion of others. F:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080310\S080310B.doc