[Unified Development Code (UDC) Advisory Committee Open House on August 25, 2021.]
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THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS TO PROVIDE A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TOWN'S EFFORTS TO UPDATE ITS ZONING REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THESE STANDARDS WILL BE USED BY THE TOWN TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND, AS WELL AS PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT BEGAN IN 2018 AS AN IDENTIFIED GOAL IN THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, STRATEGIC PLAN WORK WAS INITIATED AND CONTINUED UP TO THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS PROJECT WAS REINITIATED THIS SUMMER.
AND THE PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION, AND CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PHASE OF THE PROJECT TONIGHT, WE'LL PROVIDE A PROGRESS REPORT ON THAT WORK AS WELL AS WORK PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED ON THE PROJECT AND WE'LL ESTABLISH OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, INTERESTED COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE PROJECT TEAM AS WELL AS TO CONNECT WITH THE PROJECT TEAM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MATT GOBBLED FROM CLARION ASSOCIATES WHO WILL KICK OFF OUR PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE GABBY HART AND WE'RE WITH VARIAN ASSOCIATES AND WE ARE FROM THE CONSULTING TEAM THAT IS WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON ON THE PREPARATION OF A NEW UNIFIED THERE'S.
I'M GOING TO START SHARING MY SCREEN.
WE HAVE A PRESENCE, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF GABBY.
GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF THAT LOOKS GOOD ON YOUR SCREEN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP IN, FIRST OF ALL, WITH GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND SCOPE, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VARIAN ASSOCIATES.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, ADDISON ON THIS.
UH, WE ARE BASED IN DENVER AND WE DO ZONING CODES AND PLANS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALL ACROSS TEXAS.
AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON INNOVATIVE CODES THAT ARE TAILORED TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK IN.
AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND IT AS SOON AS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE.
AND WE'VE BEEN EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE STAFF AND THE OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, THE LEADERS ON THE PROJECT ARE MYSELF.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER AND CABBY HEART WILL BE TAGGED HIM IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE ARE JOINED, UH, ON THE TEAM, UH, JIM DOHERTY, WHO IS A TEXAS LAND USE LAW EXPERT, BUT HE'S ON THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALWAYS IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS LAW.
SO AKRON, WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ADDISON'S ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE ORDINANCES THAT ADDRESSED THINGS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ZONING, SUBDIVISION SIGNS AND LANDSCAPING, OR JUST SORT OF THE MAIN ONES COLLECTIVELY.
THEY PROVIDE THE RULES FOR HOW A LOT OF THE PHYSICAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND ADDISON LOOKS AS IT GROWS.
AND REDEVELOPS THINGS LIKE LOCATION AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS.
THE TYPES OF USES THAT CAN GO WITHIN BUILDINGS, ALL THE IN LAYOUT DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE PROCEDURES BY WHICH DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED.
SO ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.
AS WE LOOK AT CONSOLIDATED INTO AN UPDATED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT, WHEN THE CITY FIRST SCOPED THIS PROJECT, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO PREPARE A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHARGES THAT THEY GAVE US AS A TEAM.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY WANTED TO IMPLEMENT THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
UH, THE ASSET COMPETENCY PLAN IS A REALLY INTERESTING, THOUGHTFUL DOCUMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG ZONING TOOLBOX TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THE IDEAS THERE FOR GOALS OF THE PROJECT WORK, TO IMPROVE THE USER-FRIENDLINESS OF THE ORDINANCES, TO STREAMLINE THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, TO ENHANCE DESIGN FORM STANDARDS, TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS, TO PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S A BIG, UH, BIG LIST OF TABOOS THERE THAT WE'VE BEEN TACKLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THIS IS JUST A SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU A COUPLE OF SCREENSHOTS FROM THE ASCE AND CONFERENCE PLAN.
I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE ADDISON HAS HAD A VERY UNIQUE HISTORY IN THE DFW METROPLEX, AND THE PLAN PROVIDES A VERY THOUGHTFUL OVERVIEW OF HOW ADDISON GOT TO BE THE PLACE THAT IT IS TODAY AND SEE THAT TIMELINE ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE FROM, UH, DALLAS PARKWAY OF HEALTH.
THE PLAN WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND TALKING ABOUT THE INTENDED FUTURE CHARACTER IN THOSE PLACES.
SO IN TERMS OF WRITING THIS NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE UDC, THIS
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SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE OVERALL TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT.AS KEN MENTIONED, WE KICKED IT OFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF BACKGROUND WORK TO COME UP TO SPEED AND ADDISON TO THE TOUR, THE COMMUNITY, TO MEET WITH OFFICIALS AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT THE BIG ISSUES ARE AND WHAT, WHAT NEEDED TO REALLY BE IMPROVED IN THE ORDINANCES.
WE SUMMARIZED OUR ANALYSIS IN WHAT WE CALL AN ASSESSMENT REPORT, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED IN LATE 2018, EARLY 20, 19.
THAT DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT SLIDE WITH THAT, UH, ADDRESS IN A MINUTE.
UM, WE GOT FEEDBACK ON THAT ASSESSMENT REPORT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THEN WE STARTED IN THE DRAFTING, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO PHASES, WHICH YOU SEE THERE IN COLUMN THREE.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PREPARING THE CODE IN PHASES JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO RE REVIEW PIECES AT A TIME.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO MATERIALS ARE THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN THE FALL TO CONTINUE THE DRAFTING WITH PHASE THREE, THE ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES, AND THEN WE'LL DO SIGNS AND ALSO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.
ONCE WE PRESENT ALL THE PIECES, THEN WE'LL COLLECT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WE'LL TURN AROUND A CONSOLIDATED DRAFT THAT REFLECTS ALL THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD THAT WILL AGAIN, GO THROUGH A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL GET ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
TURN THAT INTO AN ADOPTION DRAFT.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ADOPTION OF THE CODE IN, IN MIDDLE SPRING TO MID 20, 22.
AS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UM, I MENTIONED THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND THAT ADDRESSES HERE, ADDISON UTC.ORG.
PLEASE CHECK OUT IT'S A LIBRARY FOR THE PROJECTS.
IT'S ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE'VE GRAFTED SO FAR.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP, TO RECEIVE, UH, INFORMATION TO HEAR ABOUT FUTURE MEETINGS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD PARTICIPATION ON THAT SO FAR, IT WILL CONTINUE UP THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT NOW AND GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR ADDISON'S ORDINANCES.
AND I MENTIONED THAT ASSESSMENT REPORT, THAT ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT WE DID, UH, EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, LAID OUT THE THEMES FOR HOW THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
AND THOSE ARE ALL LISTED HERE.
DEBBIE AND AARON, I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE, UH, EACH OF THESE MAJOR THEMES AND THESE LAYOUT, THE BIG PICTURE IDEAS FOR HOW THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ THIS SLIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO GABBY.
AND SHE'S GOING TO START WITH THE, A FEW THEMES.
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.
UM, SO STARTING WITH KIND OF AN OVERARCHING KEY IMPROVEMENT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY DOCUMENT FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE USING IT, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND STAFF.
AND THAT ALL STARTS WITH CREATING A UNIFIED CODE.
CURRENTLY THE TOWN'S STANDARDS FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT TOPICS FROM LANDSCAPING TO SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND USE REGULATIONS ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT PLACES, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AND THIS MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR AN APPLICANT TO NAVIGATE THE FULL BREADTH OF REGULATIONS AND DESIGN STANDARDS THAT THEIR PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO MEET.
UM, SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE NEW OVERARCHING STRUCTURE OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR UDC FOR SHORT, THERE ARE SEVEN MAIN ARTICLES STARTING WITH THE GENERAL PROVISIONS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE CODE ITSELF.
AND THEN MOVING INTO THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE SUBJECTS LIKE ZONING DISTRICTS, USE REGULATIONS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, AND THEN ENDING WITH ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.
AND THEN FINALLY THE RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CODE.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE IMAGES ON THE LEFT AND MOVE TO THE RIGHT.
SO MOVING FROM A FAIRLY LEGAL LISTIC TEXT, HEAVY, UM, DOCUMENT INTO STILL A LEGAL DOCUMENT, BUT INTO A BETTER ILLUSTRATED DOCUMENT WITH MORE TABLES AND GRAPHICS.
AND THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT HELP CODE USERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOWN WANTS TO SEE MOVING FORWARD AND ADDISON, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME MORE UNDERSTANDABLE DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND WITH JUST TEXT.
SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CODE
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HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INTEGRATE SOME GRAPHICS.UM, THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ILLUSTRATE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTIC AND STANDARDS APPLIED FOR A PARTICULAR ZONE, SORRY, ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THEN THE PHOTO IN THE MIDDLE AND ON THE RIGHTS ARE EXAMPLES OF GRAPHICS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS WELL AS SOME DEFINITIONS IN TERMS. AND THOSE CAN HELP ILLUSTRATE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT PARKING OR BUILDING DESIGN LANDSCAPING, OR OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR TERMINOLOGY THAT CAN BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD WITH GRAPHICS.
AND IT'S A MORE UNDERSTANDABLE WAY FOR A WIDER AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE STANDARDS.
I MEAN, INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ITSELF, THE FIRST KEY IMPROVEMENT IS TO FINE TUNE THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO THE GOAL HERE WAS NOT TO START FROM SCRATCH, BUT RATHER TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CURRENT ADDISON'S ZONING LEIDA IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED IN SOME WAYS.
UM, SO CLEANING UP THE DISTRICT LINEUP, UM, IS MOVING FROM A MORE DISTRICT BASED APPROACH TO A CITY-WIDE APPROACH.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ADDISON HAS A HISTORY OF SOME REALLY INTERESTING AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND TARGETED AREAS WITHIN ADDISON.
AND EXAMPLES OF THOSE ARE ADDISON CIRCLE AND ALONG BELTLINE, AND THERE'S REALLY SUBSTANTIVE GOOD THINGS IN THOSE ORDINANCE ORDINANCES.
SO THE GOAL IS TO MOVE FROM THE AREA SPECIFIC APPROACH AND TAKE ALL OF THE GOOD STANDARDS FROM THOSE AND APPLY IT MORE CITYWIDE, UM, SO THAT THE TOOLS CAN BE USED IN A BROADER FASHION.
SO LOOKING AT THE ZONING LINEUP, WE ALSO CONSOLIDATED SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CONSOLIDATING OR IF THEY HAD SIMILAR PURPOSES, IF THEY HAD SIMILAR LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS AND SIMILAR USE TYPES.
AND THEN THAT WAY IT'S A, IT'S A MORE SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE WHOLE ZONING DISTRICT LINEUP FOR YOUR ZONING MAP.
UM, WE ALSO ELIMINATED SOME ZONING DISTRICTS AND THINGS TO CONSIDER.
THERE WERE THAT THERE WERE SOME DISTRICTS THAT WERE RARELY OR NEVER APPLIED, UM, THAT WE CONSIDER OBSOLETE THAT COULD BE REMOVED, UM, OR THAT THE INTENT OF AN EXISTING DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY COULD BE MET WITHIN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
AND SO THEN AGAIN, THAT BECOMES OBSOLETE.
AND THEN WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A FEW NEW ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE FACTORS FOR THAT ARE IF THE CURRENT DISTRICTS, AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION AND AFTER THE ELIMINATION, IF THERE WERE STILL SOME MISSING PIECES IN THE SPECTRUM OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE MAP ON THE RIGHT THERE ARE YOUR CURRENT IS YOUR CURRENT ZONING MAP.
UM, AND SOMETHING TO POINT OUT THERE IS THAT THE SORT OF PINK COLOR THAT IS VERY PROMINENT ON THERE, UM, IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO PLAN DEVELOPMENTS ARE A NEGOTIATED FORM OF ZONING.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE CLEAR MESSAGES THAT WE HEARD DURING PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TOOL HAS BECOME ALMOST THE DEFAULT FOR THE TOWN.
IT'S THE STANDARD WAY OF DOING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING SYSTEM TO ADMINISTER.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IS ITS OWN MINI ZONING CODE IN A WAY.
AND SO THERE'S NOT MUCH PREDICTABILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH EACH OF THOSE.
SO THE MESSAGE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT IT SHOULDN'T GO AWAY.
IT SHOULD REMAIN PART OF THE TOOLBOX BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL AND A USEFUL TOOL.
BUT BY DOING ALL OF THESE CONSOLIDATIONS AND ELIMINATIONS AND REALLY MAKING STURDY ZONING LINEUP, YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR BI-RITE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, WITH BETTER ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO THAT LAND DEVELOPMENTS, AREN'T THE DEFAULT AND NEXT LINE, JUST GETTING INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO GO AWAY.
UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF HOW ADDISON DOES BUSINESS.
UM, BUT IN THE NEW CODE, WE DO A FEW THINGS TO CLARIFY THAT IT SHOULD BE A UNIQUE TOOL FOR SPECIAL CASES, UM, THAT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FLEXIBILITY THEY'RE GETTING FROM STANDARDS, UM, THERE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REAL PUBLIC BENEFITS AND THERE'S A NEGOTIATION
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AND IT'S EXPECTED TO HAVE AN EXTRA BENEFIT THAN WOULD BE, UM, ACHIEVED USING BASED ZONING DISTRICTS.SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE TRIED TO ESTABLISH THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A DEFAULT MECHANISM IS TO ADD SOME NEW CRITERIA FOR WHAT, WHAT CAN APPLY AS, UH, AS PDS ZONING.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING A MINIMUM SIZE OF FIVE ACRES TO DISINCENTIVIZE PDS ON SMALLER SITES.
AND WE ALSO SAID, UM, THAT PD IS, CAN NOT BE LOCATED IN THE MORE INTENSIVE, MIXED USE AREAS BECAUSE THE STANDARDS IN THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS WERE INTENDED TO BE THE TOOLS TO DO THE CREATIVE HIGH-QUALITY MIXED USE PROJECTS THAT OFTEN CURRENTLY WOULD USE PDS.
AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, IF YOU CAN ACHIEVE A DEVELOPMENT USING A BASE DISTRICT, UM, THEN YOU COULD NOT USE A ZONING.
SO PAIRED WITH, IF THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE THE USE REGULATIONS AND THE USE REGULATIONS TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS OR TYPE OF USE YOU CAN MAINTAIN ON YOUR PROPERTY.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC TYPES OF STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLIED TO THAT PARTICULAR USE, SO WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE CURRENT USE REGULATIONS.
SO THIS IS A CLIP, THE NEW USE TABLE AND THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN ANSWERS THE QUESTION, WHAT IS IT? SO IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF THE USE TABLE.
UM, SO ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DWELLING UNITS, AND THEN THE COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE ANSWER, THE QUESTION OF WHERE CAN IT BE LOCATED.
AND THEN THE VERY LAST COLUMN ON THE RIGHT INDICATES WHETHER ADDITIONAL STANDARDS WILL APPLY TO THAT PARTICULAR USE AND NOT EVERY SINGLE USE WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS APPLYING TO IT.
UM, THOSE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CERTAIN USES.
UM, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, OFTENTIMES, UM, MORE COMMERCIAL USES LOCATED CLOSE TO OR WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WILL HAVE SOME SPECIAL STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF NOISE OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
SO WHEN REVIEW DOING THE DOCUMENTS, UM, THIS IS COLOR CODED CURRENTLY, AND THE GREEN INDICATES THAT IT IS A MORE PERMISSIVE STANDARD.
SO SOMETHING IS BEING WHERE IT IS NOT ALLOWED CURRENTLY.
AND THEN THE RED INDICATING THAT IT'S BECOMING MORE RESTRICTIVE AND IT FITS A COMPLETELY GREEN ROW.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH AN ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH A BETTER AND MORE RATIONAL CATEGORIZATION TO CAPTURE NEW USES THAT YOU DON'T CURRENTLY ALLOW.
UM, AND ALSO TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR OF HOW THESE USES ARE, UM, RELATED TO EACH OTHER.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER.
THE COMMERCIAL USES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER.
THE INDUSTRIAL USES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER.
IT'S JUST A MORE LOGICAL AND RATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO USE THE USE TABLE, UM, THEY CAN MORE EASILY IDENTIFIED WHERE THERE PARTICULAR USEFUL FALL.
AND JUST ONE MORE THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SOME SPECIAL TYPES OF USES, LIKE TEMPORARY USES OR ACCESSORY USES THAT REALLY AREN'T ADDRESSED CLEARLY IN THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NEW THING TO PROVIDE MORE PREDICTABILITY ON THINGS LIKE DONATION DROPBOXES OR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL EVENT LIKE FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, AND THOSE ARE TOWN-WIDE STANDARDS, SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND SO AS A REMINDER, UM, THERE IS A PUBLIC DRAFT OF THIS SECTION OF THE CODE AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT INCLUDES THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE USE REGULATIONS.
UM, AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE ON THE WEBSITE.
THERE'S A OPTION ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN THAT SAYS PROJECT AND UNDER THAT DROPDOWN MENU THERE'S PROJECT MATERIALS.
SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DRAFT, UM, TO SEE THE UPDATES TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS, THE NEW USE TABLE, AND OTHER CHANGES, UM, IN MORE DETAIL IN THAT DOCUMENT WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO MATT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT USE TABLE THAT GABBY SHOWED US.
UM, DEBBIE EXPLAINED THE COLOR CODING, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE COLOR CODING
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IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO GO AWAY.THAT'S NOT PART OF THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT THOSE ARE WORKING TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE DRAFT TABLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CHANGING, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY USER FRIENDLY TABLE THAT THE SAMPLE IS COERCION, BUT IN OUR EXPERIENCE THEY USE TABLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONLINE AND PROVIDE ME FEEDBACK.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THE, THE, THE NEW CODE THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT GABBY AND I ARE LAYING OUT.
THE DISTRICTS ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT USES THERE ARE LOTS WITHIN THEM ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF ANY DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE CALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THEN THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF HOW A SITE MAY BE LAID OUT OR HOW A BUILDING MAY BE DESIGNED OR LANDSCAPING MAY BE PROVIDED COLLECTIVELY.
WE CALL ALL THOSE TYPES OF STANDARDS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ADDISON TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF REGULATING DEVELOPMENT QUALITY IN THE DFW METROPLEX.
SO ONE OF OUR CHARGES IN THIS PROJECT IS JUST TO EVALUATE, UM, HOW WELL ADDISON HAS DONE IN THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND, AND SEE WHERE WE CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH DIFFERENT TOPICS HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO COVER UNDER THIS UMBRELLA OF MINIMUM STANDARDS.
ONE OF THE FIRST IS ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE THE STARBUCKS THERE, ABOUT WHAT A LOT OF MIDWAY WE THINK ABOUT, UH, JUST THE, UH, THE NATURE OF THE PARKING AREA, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SUFFICIENT STACKING SPACE FOR THE CARS THAT ARE WAITING FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH? ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, SUFFICIENT ACCESS THERE NEEDS TO GET INTO AND OUT OF THE SITE ON OF THE SURROUNDING ROADS? UM, WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE HEARD A LOT OF ISSUES ABOUT HOW, UM, UH, IT WAS PRETTY EASY TO GET AROUND ADDISON IN SOME WAYS IN A CAR, BUT IT COULD BE, UH, IMPROVED, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR BIKE BIKERS.
AND SO ONE OF THIS, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE CODE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IS HOW TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY MORE, UH, FRIENDLY TO A VARIETY OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AROUND.
SO WE HAD A NEW SECTION CALLED ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IN THE EXISTING CODE, UH, BUT IT REALLY COLLECTS A VARIETY OF STANDARDS ON THIS ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY.
UM, IT, IT HAS SOME STANDARDS FOR EXAMPLE, THAT TALK ABOUT HOW STREET PRODUCTIVITY IS REQUIRED WITHIN AND TO SURROUNDING PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING STREET NETWORK.
UM, YOU'VE GOT TO CONNECT BOTH FOR CARS, BUT ALSO FOR INDUSTRIALS AS WELL, CROSS XS BETWEEN A BUDDING DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED MULTI-FAMILY NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH THOSE ADJACENT PARKING LOTS AND NOT HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE STREET TO COME BACK INTO THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
SO THIS, THIS TOPIC OF ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IS ONE, UH, SIGNIFICANT NEW IMPROVEMENT IN THE DRAFT CODE.
ANOTHER BIG TOPIC HERE THAT WE LOOKED AT IS PARKING AND LOADING AND HOW, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW VEHICLES ARE PARKED IS A, IS A BIG DRIVER OF, SO TO SPEAK OF HOW THAT'S RELAYED OUT WITHIN ALISON AND THEN HOW, UM, A DEVELOPMENT SITE MIGHT LOOK.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REGULATED IN THIS PART OF THE CODE ARE THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR USE HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DOES A RESTAURANT HAVE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE PROVIDED AS WELL? YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITE THAT'S OVER PARKED, AND YOU ENDED UP WITH BIG EXPENSES OF CONCRETE THAT ARE JUST UNUSED.
MOST OF THE TIME, THE CODE ALSO LOOKS AT THINGS LIKE, UH, HOW PARKING SPACES ARE DESIGNED OR ARE DESIGNED LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE PARKING AREAS.
AND ALSO IT'S NOT JUST OFF STREET PARKING, SOMETIMES THERE'S ALTERNATIVES TO THE MOST MINIMUM PARKING RATIOS.
AND WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE SHARED PARKING AND DOES THE CODE AUTHORIZE THAT, DOES IT ENCOURAGE THINGS LIKE SHARED PARKING? SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO LOOK AT IN THIS PART OF THE CODE, SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE SO FAR ARE FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A COMPLETE NEW TABLE OF MINIMUM VEHICLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXTRA TO THAT AT THE TOP, RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE FOR THE OFFICE USE.
AND WE'VE GOT A TABLE IN THE DRAFT THAT'S ONLINE, WHERE WE COMPARE CURRENT VEHICLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE OFTEN FRAGMENTED FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET DISTRICTS.
AND WE'VE PROPOSED A NEW UNIFIED STANDARD THAT USE THIS COLOR PLAN ACROSS ADDISON.
AS WE PREPARED THAT TABLE, WE LOOKED AT ADDISON SISTER CITIES.
WE LOOKED AT PLACES LIKE FARMERS BRANCH AND PLANO PLACES THAT ARE NEARBY TO DO A COMPARISON TO SEE WHAT THE MINIMUM RATIOS FOR PARKING WERE AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
NOW, IN ADDITION TO THOSE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE PROPOSED SOMETHING NEW, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
AND THE WAY THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE CURRENT DRAFT IS THAT FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES YOUR MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING WOULD BE 145% OF THE MINIMUM.
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IT'S A MAXIMUM OF TWO SPACES FOR DWELLING UNIT, UH, IN ALL DISTRICTS, EXCEPT THE R ONE AND R TWO, WHICH DON'T HAVE A CAP.UH, WE HAVE ALSO BEEFED UP THE SECTION, ALLOWING PARKING ALTERNATIVES LIKE SHARED PARKING, LIKE WE SAW IN THAT PRIOR SLIDE.
AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOWER YOUR OVERALL AMOUNT OF REQUIRED PARKING UP TO A 25% REDUCTION IN THE CURRENT DRAFTS IT'S THERE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT WHETHER THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE MORE FORWARD-THINKING AND TO REQUIRE SOME SPACES, BE SET ASIDE FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THINKING THROUGH CHARGING STATIONS, LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, AND WHETHER ADDISON SHOULD START TO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOME LARGER PARKING LOTS, MOVING FORWARD, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE STARTING NOT NECESSARILY TO REQUIRE THAT VERTICAL CHARGING STATION ITSELF, BUT TO MAKE SURE THE SPACES ARE IDENTIFIED AND THAT THE ELECTRICITY AND THE CONDUITS ARE IN PLACE TO ALLOW THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
A FEW OTHER THINGS WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEFED UP THE DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY STANDARDS.
WE'VE ENHANCED THE NUMBER OF, OF STACKING SPACES.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THAT STARBUCKS THAT YOU SAW ON THE FIRST PICTURE, UH, WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED, UH, UPGRADED, UH, PARKING LOT LAYOUT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PART OF THE DRAFT CODE.
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF DEVELOPMENT QUALITY IN ANY COMMUNITY IS, IS LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING AND FENCING, AND HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASPEN OVER TIME.
AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY PROMINENT PART OF THE IMAGE OF ACEN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, UM, CODES REQUIRE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING FOR MANY DEVELOPMENT SITES, EVEN IF NOT A RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS OF LANDSCAPING REQUIRED.
BUT AT US HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE, ON THE STRONGER EDGE IN THE METROPLEX OF HOW MUCH LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRED.
UH, PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, PLANTING ISLANDS THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED, THE TREES OR THE SHRUBS THAT ARE REQUIRED ON THOSE ISLANDS, ARE THOSE, UH, ARE THOSE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CODE, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF TREES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE TO BE PROTECTED IF THEY'RE REMOVED, IF THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PART OF THE CODE AS WELL.
AND WE'RE, UH, CARRYING FORWARD SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN US AND FOR AWHILE, BUT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE TALKING WITH OFFICIALS ABOUT WHAT HAS WORKED WELL AND HOW THOSE STANDARDS POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPROVED IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THIS PART OF THE CODE ALSO LOOKS AT FENCING REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE OFFENSES, UH, CAN BE HOW TALL THEY CAN BE TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED FOR FENCING.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED, UH, FIRST OF ALL, TAILORED THE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS FOR URBAN VERSUS SUBURBAN CONTEXTS, UH, BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT ADDISON IS A DIVERSE PLACE.
YOU'VE GOT SOME PLACES THAT ARE INTENDED ULTIMATELY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN, MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, AND SOME PLACES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBURBAN IN CHARACTER.
WE'VE TRIED TO DIVIDE THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND SO THE, THE STANDARDS, UH, FOR THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE URBAN AREAS, THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS ARE BASED GENERALLY ON SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE BELTLINE ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER STANDARDS ARE CARRIED FORWARD FROM OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE CURRENT CODE, SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING IS ENCOURAGED MOVING FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW WATER LANDSCAPING, THINGS THAT ARE FRIENDLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED NEW BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHENEVER MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE OR NON RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PROPOSED ADJACENT TO SOMETHING THAT'S RESIDENTIAL, LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, A BUFFER HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO, UH, TO HELP PROTECT, UH, FROM THE IMPACTS OF THAT MORE, MORE INTENSIVE USE, UH, LANDSCAPING ALSO LET'S AT THE SCREENING AND FENCING ISSUES THAT I MENTIONED, UH, LANDSCAPING.
FIRST OF ALL, I TALKED ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, ANY SCREENING THAT IS DONE IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING, THAT'S PROVIDED COUNTS TOWARDS YOUR OVERALL LANDSCAPING APARTMENTS FOR A SITE, AND THE CODE IDENTIFIES DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCREENING, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IF YOU'VE MET MECHANICAL OR UTILITY EQUIPMENT, LIKE YOU SEE IN THAT TOP ILLUSTRATION THERE, UH, CODES TYPICALLY REQUIRE THAT TO BE SCREENED, UH, FROM PUBLIC VIEW, SAME THING FOR THE DUMPSTERS AND THE RECYCLING CONTAINERS, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE NEW STANDARDS AS WELL FOR ENSURING THAT THE DESIGN OF THOSE, UH, SCREENING DEVICES IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE SITE.
SO THOSE ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN MOST COMMUNITIES.
UM, ADDISON HAS HAD, HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN
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GETTING SOME OF THIS HIGH QUALITY LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S OFTEN BEEN DONE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH PDS.AND ONE OF THE GOALS HERE, UH, ASK ABBY MENTIONED IS TO TRY TO STANDARDIZE SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS A NEW BASELINE, SO THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO GO TO THE PD TO ENSURE YOU'RE GETTING THAT, THAT HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY.
UH, HOW IS THE, HOW THE OVERALL COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS ARRANGED? WHAT DOES THE BUILDING LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ITS, UH, FACADE DESIGN AND IN TERMS OF ITS ARTICULATION, ET CETERA, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT EXAMPLES OF WONDERFUL BUILDING DESIGN, LIKE VITRUVIAN HERE IN ESSENCE.
UH, WE NEED TO THINK BOTH ABOUT NON RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND THEN WE ALSO THINK ABOUT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE PROTO DRESSES, UH, THE DRAFT CODE SO FAR CROSSES BOTH TYPES OF STANDARDS.
UM, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE IN YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCES, A FAIRLY FRAGMENTED APPROACH.
YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO BUILDING DESIGN IN DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE TOWN-WIDE STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE GREATER CONSISTENCY.
SO SAME TYPE OF MIXED USE PROJECT, UH, IN ONE AREA WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ONE WOULD BE, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO ALL USE PROJECTS OF THAT TYPE.
AGAIN, JUST TRYING FOR GREATER CONSISTENCY TO MINIMIZE THE NEED, TO USE PDS FOR THE MOST PART, THE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING STANDARDS OF THE MIXED USE AND NON RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON GOOD WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR ADDISON IN THE CURRENT BELTLINE.
AND YOU SEE DISTRICTS, THAT'S ADDISON CIRCLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH, UH, REGULATING THINGS LIKE BUILDING ORIENTATION REFORM, ET CETERA.
SO RATHER THAN JUST BRINGING IN OTHER MODELS FROM OTHER PLACES, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THOSE, UH, EXISTING STANDARDS, UH, BE BROADENED TO APPLY, UM, MORE CITY-WIDE WHERE APPROPRIATE.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING SOME NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION STANDARDS TO MITIGATE IMPACTS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND MORE INSENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A HEIGHT, A STEP-DOWN REQUIREMENT IN THAT, UH, UH, PICTURE ON THE SLIDE HERE.
ONE OF JUST SEVERAL PLACES IN THE CODE WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THESE TRANSITION STANDARDS.
UM, ALRIGHT, JUST A COUPLE MORE TOPICS.
UM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZE THAT THE WAY A STATE IS LIGHTED PLAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE.
AND, UM, HOW PEOPLE VIEW THAT SIDE, IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT SAFETY IMPACT.
IT'S GOT AESTHETIC IMPACTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE STARTING FOCUS MORE ON THIS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT CODES.
THEY'RE REQUIRING, FOR EXAMPLE, DENTAL LIGHTING AND SHIELDING OF LAGS TO ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS OVERFLOW OF LIGHT POLLUTION.
I LUCKY SKIN, SOME COMMUNITIES.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF GOOD LIGHTING FIXTURES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED THAT WOULD MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE NEW CODE.
UM, SOME PARTICULAR TYPES OF LAND USES CAN BE REALLY, UH, UH, IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THEIR LIGHTING IMPACTS AND SERVICE STATIONS ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THE OLD SCHOOL SERVICE STATIONS USED TO HAVE THESE LIGHT FIXTURES AND THEY BROUGHT BELOW THAT CANOPY AND THEY WERE A BIG SOURCE OF LIGHT POLLUTION.
AND, UH, UH, THEY WOULD CREATE BIG DISPARITIES BETWEEN OVERLAP OVERLAPPING PARKING LOT, AND THEN MAYBE THE UNDERLINED AREA OR OUTSIDE IN BOTH THOSE DISPARITIES BETWEEN HIGHLIGHT AND LOWLIGHT ARE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT CODES TRY TO ADDRESS AS WELL.
SO WHAT DID WE PROPOSE IN THE GRAPH CODE? WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE THE LIGHTING STANDARDS CAN GET PRETTY COMPLEX IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THESE ARE STANDARDS THAT ARE SIMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, AND FOR THE STAFF TO ADMINISTER, BUT THEY GIVE IT THE KEY LEARNING ISSUES THAT I MENTIONED.
UH, THE LIGHTING FIXTURES, ALL WE HAVE A UNIFORM DESIGN SPILLOVER OF LIGHT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES IS PROHIBITED A CERTAIN TYPES OF AGGRESSIVE LIGHTS LIKE FLASHING LIGHTS AND PROHIBITED LIGHT SHIELDING IS REQUIRED LIKE THAT PHOTO.
I SHOWED MAXIMUM LIGHT TRESPASS LEVELS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME SPECIAL STANDARDS IN KEY AREAS LIKE PARKING AREAS AND SERVICE STATIONS.
SO IT'S A PRETTY, UH, UH, UH, INTERESTING AREA OF, OF THE DEVELOPER CODE.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, PROPOSE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS, KIND OF A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPTION AND A MORE COMPLEX OPTION IN THE DRAFTING.
AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A HYBRID OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE ONCE WE GET INTO THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT FINALLY, UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECS THAT INVOLVE THE STANDARDS FOR ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY.
UM, THERE IS A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS? IT'S CLEAR THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT REALLY SCRAPES A STICK AND STARTS FROM SCRATCH MOST COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE NEW STANDARDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OR THE EXISTING STANDARDS THAT ARE CARRIED FORWARD.
AND WHAT ABOUT HERSCHEL PROJECTS, PERSONAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WHEN WOULD THEY TRIGGER SITE AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS? AND WHAT
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WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WITH THE OFFICIALS IS A TAILORED APPROACH THAT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN SMALLER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CALL THEM TIER ONE.THEY ONLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN STANDARDS ON THE, JUST THE EFFECTIVE PORTION OF THE SITE, AND THEN LARGER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, HOW LONG TIER TWO THAT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH MORE OR ALL OF THE STANDARDS ON MORE OF THE SITE.
AND YOU SEE EXAMPLES THERE, MAYBE THE MINOR PROJECT MIGHT JUST BE ADDING SOME TYPE OF OUTDOOR SEATING TO AN EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT.
WHEREAS A MAJOR PROJECT MIGHT BE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE FACADE, A REVISION ON AN EXISTING BUILDING.
SO THE DEFINITIONS FOR TIER ONE OR TWO AND TIER TWO ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF OPTIONS IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS WITH THE STAFF AND THE COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR AND RATIONAL WITH THEM.
WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE WITH ALL THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHERE WE'RE ENCOURAGING AND PROTECTING LONG-TERM VALUE FOR ADDISON BY CREATING GREAT PLACES, BUT WE'RE NOT IMPOSING COSTS IN THE SHORT TERM THAT THAT DISINCENTIVIZED DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S, IT'S A BALANCING ACT FOR THIS ENTIRE TOPIC.
ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, MADISON DOESN'T SEE A LOT OF SUBDIVISION.
IT'S MOSTLY A BUILT-OUT COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF STANDARDS THAT GET THINGS LIKE LOT PLANNING AND BLOCK LAYOUT, BUT THESE STANDARDS ARE CARRIED FORWARD AND IMPROVE SOMEWHAT IN THE DRAFT CODE.
THESE OF THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS LIKE LIGHTING, WATER, WASTEWATER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ON NEW SITES.
THIS PART OF THE CODE ALSO GETS THE ISSUES LIKE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
SO IF THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, SHALL IT BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR THE PARK PARKLAND, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THAT SUBDIVISION SMITH, THAT THINGS THAT ARE CHANGED IN THIS PART OF THE CODE.
UM, SOME OF IT'S JUST HOUSEKEEPING.
UH, WE'VE CONSOLIDATED A LOT OF THESE GENERAL PROVISIONS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE CHAPTER THAT HAD BEEN SCATTERED AND CURRENT ORDINANCES, BUT HELP, UH, JUST LAY THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR SUBDIVISION RULES.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, CLARIFIED LOT DESIGN STANDARDS, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF, STILL DISCUSSING THE ISSUE OF PRIVATE STREETS, UM, IN THE DRAFT THAT'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE HAD SCALED BACK THE AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW PRIVATE STREETS IN THE FUTURE.
RECOGNIZING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WELL, THOSE WHO WORK IN THE PAST AND MADISON, I THINK PROBABLY MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY PRIVATE STREETS.
AREN'T A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, UH, THAT WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE NEW CODE.
UM, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS FINAL BULLET HERE, UPDATED AMOUNT OF PARKLAND, UH, REQUIRED TO BE DEDICATED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS EIGHT ACRES FOR EVERY THOUSAND RESIDENTS BASED ON THE ADOPTED ADDISON PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN CURRENTLY, UH, YOU'VE GOT, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT FRAGMENTED REQUIREMENTS AND ADDISON, SOME ZONING DISTRICTS REQUIRE TWO ACRES FOR EVERY THOUSAND.
SOME REQUIRE FOUR ACRES FOR EVERY THOUSAND.
IT'S UPDATED TO BE A UNIFORM REQUIREMENT OF EIGHT ACRES PER THOUSAND ACROSS THE TOWN.
AND THAT IS BASED ON ALREADY ADOPTED, UH, STANDARDS AND POLICIES FROM THE PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
SO WE'RE JUST IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE DRAFTED SO FAR.
JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES NOW ON THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.
THESE ARE KIND OF PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTIONS AND IMPORTANT.
PART OF THE CODE IS THE PROCEDURES, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES BY WHICH ARE CONSIDERED, UH, FROM NEW PROJECTS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HERE ARE STANDARDIZING THE REVIEW PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE MORE PREDICTABILITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE GRAPH.
UM, THERE HAVE A FLOW CHART THAT SHOWS A VERY CLEAR PROGRESSION FOR A TYPICAL APPLICATION FROM LOCATION, APPLICATION SUBMITTAL, AND HANDLING THE STAFF REVIEW, ET CETERA, THOSE TYPES OF TOOLS AND THOSE TYPES OF VISUAL FLOW CHARTS CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF PREDICTABLE ABILITY TO PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS IN ADDISON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE WE INTERVIEWED IS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BLACK BOX AND THEY DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCEDURES WORK.
AND SO WE CAN TRY TO SHINE A LIGHT.
THIS PART OF THE CODE WILL ALSO BE FOCUSING ON CODIFYING THE SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCEDURE.
I'M TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MAJOR AND MINOR SITE PLANS SO THAT YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON THE BIG PROJECTS AND THE SMALLER ONES GET THROUGH MORE EFFICIENTLY ALONG THOSE LINES.
THERE'S A INTEREST IN TRYING TO SEND MORE OF THE STRAIGHTFORWARD DECISIONS TO STAFF, WHERE THEY CAN BE DEALT WITH QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CAN BE RESERVED FOR BIGGER PROJECTS, MINOR MODIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN POTENTIALLY, UH, SMALL DEVIATIONS FROM CODE STANDARDS.
WOW, THAT'LL BE DISCUSSED IN THIS PART OF THE CODE, THE REFINEMENTS TO THE PD PROCESS.
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THOSE LAST TWO BULLETS THERE.UH, THOSE RELATE TO WHAT GABBY MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, BECAUSE ALL FORTHCOMING THE PROCEDURES, PART OF THE CODE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW THIS FALL.
AND THEN THE FINAL PART OF THE CODE, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY 20, 22.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE REWRITE OF THE CENTER, WHICH IS GOING TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE SUMMARY REVIEW PROCEDURES.
I CONSIDER IT HAVING SIGNED DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE TAILORED STANDARDS, IT'S FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF MADISON, CONSIDERING WAYS TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY UPDATING THE TECHNOLOGY IT'S REFLECTED, RIGHT? THE ORDINANCE ELECTRONIC CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS, MAKING SURE THAT IF THOSE ARE ALLOWED, THE STANDARDS FOR THEM ARE CLEAR.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR LEGAL CHARGES WILL BE TO REMOVE ANY CONTENT BASED REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER, UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG, UH, BIG PART OF THE PROJECT AND THAT'LL BE COMING IN FOR 2022.
SO HE OFTEN HAS PROGRESSION WITH US AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF MATERIAL, UM, IN TERMS OF NEPS NEXT STEPS, JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN COLUMN THREE, THERE WE'RE MOVING INTO PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE DRAFTING OF THE ADMINISTRATION PIECE, FOLLOW THE WEBSITE.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THAT MATERIAL THERE AND ADDISON UDC.ORG IS THE LIBRARY.
SO ALL THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED SO FAR ARE THEIR CALENDAR OF UPCOMING MEETINGS IS THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM COMMENTS.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT HAVE STUCK AROUND WITH US.
UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUBMIT QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE USING THE CHAT FEATURE.
UH, UH, KEN OR DEBBIE OR MYSELF, KNOW YOUR QUESTIONS.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU NEED TO HEAD ON OUT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR ATTENTION.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT.
SO THE VIDEO FROM THIS MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE, VIA THE TOWN SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO ANYONE ON THE CALL, UH, UH, KNOWS OF ANY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC, UH, IT WILL BE POSTED, UH, FOR REVIEW, UH, AND STAFF OF COURSE, IS AVAILABLE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT, OR IF A COMMUNITY GROUP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, MYSELF OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT TEAM, WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK REMAINING, UH, ON THE PROJECT.
AND WE HOPE TO, UH, HAVE YOU ALL, UH, JOIN US IN THAT EFFORT TO HELP MAKE THE, THE FINAL UDC DOCUMENT, A GREAT REGULATORY DOCUMENT FOR THE TOWN AND, UH, HELP US IMPLEMENT THE TOWN'S VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.