ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development Code, Relating to PARKING IN THE WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: In 2018, a text amendment was approved which removed the parking setback line in the Warehouse Form District. The parking setback line required that all parking be placed at least 30 feet behind the front of the building. The amendment in 2018 inadvertently left off several necessary associated code amendments. This item resolves the outstanding items.
The table below describes the proposed parking location requirements in the Warehouse Form District.
Parking Location
Setback Requirement
Notes
Below Grade
No setback from the property line required
Street Level with No Building
No setback from the property line required
A street wall is required
Street Level with Building
Parking must be at least 30 feet behind the property line to allow a commercial use to front the street
Above Street Level with Building
No setback from the property line required
Building element requirements are required on all levels
The intent is to allow for incremental development that may begin as an at-grade surface parking lot, without a parking setback, may become a multi-story parking deck, with a parking setback to allow for building storefronts, as demand increases.
The image below shows a multi-story structure with commercial uses fronting the street on the ground level and parking on the upper levels.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 6 to 0 to APPROVE the request.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeti...
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