Agenda Packet 5-20-19 Work Session

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May 7, 2019 Clear & Objective Update – Draft Land Use Code Language Page 7 of 32 from land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR. In addition, one of the following shall be provided 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: (1)A 6-foot high, 100 percent sight-obscuring wooden fence or masonry wall. (2)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. 3.Option 3. A minimum 30-foot setback shall be provided between a new building or building addition and 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. The 30-foot setback area may be used for open space, vehicle use area, pedestrian circulation, bicycle parking, stormwater quality facilities, or landscaping and must contain trees growing to a mature height of at least 20 feet, spaced at a minimum interval of 25 feet, parallel to and within five feet of the property line, in the setback area. 4.Option 4. A new building or building addition shall be set back at least 50 feet or a setback equal to the height of the tallest building on the development site, whichever is less, 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. The 50-foot setback area may be used for open space, vehicle use area, pedestrian circulation, bicycle parking, stormwater quality facilities, or landscaping. (b)Allowed intrusions into setbacks. In lieu of the permitted setback intrusions provided at EC 9.6745(3) the following intrusions are allowed within the interior yard setback area described in EC 9.5860(2)(a)2 through 4: 1.Eaves and chimneys may intrude a maximum of 2 feet into the vertical plane of the interior yard sloped setback area. No other intrusions are allowed into the vertical plane of the setback. 2.Dormers may intrude into the sloped portion of the interior yard sloped setback area provided each dormer is no more than 10 feet wide and the total width of all dormers on a given wall does not exceed 30 percent of the linear length of the building wall. 3.Architectural screens or arbors serving an upper floor balcony may protrude a maximum of 6 feet into the sloped portion of the interior yard sloped setback area. (c)Balconies, decks and other outdoor spaces located above the ground floor shall be setback at least 20 feet from any property line that abuts land zoned R-1, R-1.5, S-C/R-1, or S-RN/LDR. (d)Tree Exception. An exception to the tree planting required by subsections (a)(2) and (3) is allowed if the applicant provides a signed and notarized letter from the abutting property owner stating that the abutting property owner does not desire the trees required by this section. This exception does not apply to trees required by other applicable standards. Future development proposals subject to the standards in this section will need to obtain a separate exception from the tree planting requirements of this section. This change implements COS-01 (Clear & Objective Compatibility). The new code section would apply to higher- instensity development abutting lower-intensity development (e.g. multi-family development next to single May 20, 2019, Work Session – Item 2