Agenda Packet 5-20-19 Work Session

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May 7, 2019 Clear & Objective Update – Draft Land Use Code Language Page 6 of 32 (1)Applicability of Transition Standards. The transition standards at EC 9.5860(2) shall apply to land use applications proposing housing to be reviewed with clear and objective approval criteria under EC 9.8100 Conditional Use Permit Approval Criteria – Housing/Clear and Objective, EC 9.8325 Tentative Planned Unit Development Approval Criteria – Housing/Clear and Objective, or EC 9.8445 Site Review Approval Criteria – Housing/Clear and Objective. The transition standards at EC 9.5860(2) apply to all new buildings and any building additions that increase the square footage of livable floor area by 20 percent or more for any of the following: (a)Multiple-family development on property abutting or directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR except where the multiple-family development consists of: 1.a single tri-plex on one lot. 2.a single four-plex on one lot. 3.structures that are less than 30 feet in height. (b)Assisted care, boarding and rooming house, campus living organization, university or college dormitory, or single room occupancy (SRO), proposed on property abutting or directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R- 1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR. In cases where the standards in subsection (2) apply to building additions, they shall be applicable between the addition and any property line abutting or directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S-C/R-1, or S- RN/LDR. (2)Standards. The following standards apply to new buildings and building additions identified in subsection (1) and must be applied along the portion of any property line that abuts or is directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S- C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR: (a)Height and Setback Options. The proposed development must comply with one of the following four options: 1.Option 1. The maximum building height of a new building or building addition shall be limited to 35 feet. In addition, at least one of the following must be provided along the entire portion of any property line that abuts or is directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R- 1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR: a.A 6-foot high, 100 percent sight-obscuring wooden fence or masonry wall. b.Landscaping with a minimum plant bed width of 7 feet meeting EC 9.6210(3) High Screen Landscape Standard (L-3). Driveways off an alley may intersect the required screening within 30 degrees of perpendicular, as measured from the centerline of the driveway to the centerline of the alley right-of-way, and are limited to a maximum width of 15 feet for one-way access or 28 feet for two-way access. 2.Option 2. The minimum interior yard setback shall be 10 feet from the portion of any property line that abuts or is directly across a public alley from land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR. In addition: a.At a point that is 25 feet above grade, the interior yard setback shall slope at the rate of 10 inches vertically for every 12 inches horizontally away from that property line until a point 50 feet away from the property line. b.For new buildings or building additions within 30 feet of R-1, R- 1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR zoned property, trees growing to a mature height of at least 20 feet shall be planted at a minimum interval of 15 feet, parallel to the property line, between buildings and any property line that abuts or is directly across a public alleyMay 20, 2019, Work Session – Item 2