Item 5: Action - Ord. on Land Use Code Amend - Infill Standards

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elements of the building. 2. Defines entryways in appropriate scales. (c) Open Space. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(9), except for the amount of open space required per Table 9.5500(9) Open Space Requirements, may be adjusted if the [proposal will achieve better overall compliance with the purpose of the open space standards than what would result from strict adherence to the standards.]applicant demonstrates consistency with all of the following: 1. The requested adjustment will allow the project to achieve an equivalent or higher quality design of open space than would result from strict adherence to the standards through: a. Enhanced public and private spaces that contribute positively to the site, streetscape, and adjoining properties. Design elements for this purpose may include high quality materials, outdoor seating, enhanced pedestrian space, pedestrian-scaled lighting, canopy trees and other landscape materials and other user amenities; and b. An overall site design that promotes safety, security and privacy, and reduces visual, noise, and lighting impacts of development on adjacent properties. 2. When abutting property is zoned R-1 Low-Density Residential, the design provides an appropriate combination of setbacks, landscaping and screening to buffer between the multiple family development and the adjacent Low-Density Residential zone. (d) Block Requirement. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(10) may be adjusted if the proposal achieves at least one of the following: 1. Provides an equivalent or greater degree of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. 2. Traditional block patterns that reduce the apparent scale of large developments by breaking the site up into smaller land units. (See also EC 9.6810 Block Length.) (e) Site Access and Internal Circulation. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(11) may be adjusted in accordance with the criteria in this subsection. In the case of an adjustment, all of the following standards apply: 1. Sidewalks may be designed as curbside walks only along those portions of the private streets providing parallel on-street parking. 2. Street trees may be placed in tree wells or adjacent to the sidewalk. (f) Vehicle Parking. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(12) may be adjusted if the proposal achieves to the same degree as would strict compliance with the standards all of the following: 1. Limitations on the use of continuous parking drives in large-scale multiple-family developments. 2. Limitations on the size of individual parking lots in multiple-family development. 3. Minimal negative aspects of parking uses in multiple-family developments. Where cost considerations preclude parking beneath or within Ordinance - Page 16 of 18