Agenda Packet 1-23-19 Work Session

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CLEAR & OBJECTIVE HOUSING: APPROVAL C RITERIA UPDATE November 13, 2018 DRAFT Preferred Concepts Report: Significant Issues Page 56 of 59 COS -19 (S TREET S TANDARDS M ODIFICATIONS ) Description : Currently, projects can vary stated maximums for block length, street connectivity, and cul-de- sac/emergency vehicle turnarounds where physical conditions, such as topography or natural resources, or existing physical development precludes compliance with the standard. Applies To : Partition, Planned Unit Development, Subdivision Existing Code Section(s): EC 9.6810, EC 9.6815(2)(g), EC 9.6820 Existing Code Language : 9.6810 Block Length. Block length for local streets shall not exceed 600 feet, unless an exception is granted based on one or more of the following: (1) Physical conditions preclude a block length 600 feet or less . Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, topography or the existence of natural resource areas such as wetlands, ponds, streams, channels, rivers, lakes or upland wildlife habitat area, or a resource on the National Wetland Inventory or under protection by state or federal law. (2) Buildings or other existing development on adjacent lands, including previously subdivided but vacant lots or parcels, physically preclude a block length 600 feet or less, considering the potential for redevelopment. (3) An existing public street or streets terminating at the boundary of the development site have a block length exceeding 600 feet, or are situated such that the extension of the street(s) into the development site would create a block length exceeding 600 feet . In such cases, the block length shall be as close to 600 feet as practicable. (4) As part of a Type II or Type III process, the developer demonstrates that a strict application of the 600- foot requirement would result in a street network that is no more beneficial to vehicular, pedestrian or bicycle traffic than the proposed street network and that the proposed street network will accommodate necessary emergency access . 9.6815(2) Street Connectivity Standards. (g) In the context of a Type II or Type III land use decision, the city shall grant an exception to the standards in subsections (2)(b), (c) or (d) if the applicant demonstrates that any proposed exceptions are consistent with either subsection 1. or 2. below: 1. The applicant has provided to the city, at his or her expense, a local street connection study that demonstrates: a. That the proposed street system meets the intent of street connectivity provisions of this land use code as expressed in EC 9.6815(1); and b. How undeveloped or partially developed properties within a quarter mile can be adequately served by alternative street layouts. 2. The applicant demonstrates that a connection cannot be made because of the existence of one or more of the following conditions: a. Physical conditions preclude development of the connecting street . Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, topography or likely impact to natural resource areas such as wetlands, ponds, streams, channels, rivers, lakes or upland wildlife habitat area, or a resource on the National Wetland Inventory or under protection by state or federal law. January 23, 2019, Work Session – Item 1