SUBJECT: STUDY SESSION
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Unified Development Code (UDC) Update
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development
PRESENTER: Fred Starr, Planning and Development Director
TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes
only required for non-consent items
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
The staff have been working on a series of Unified Development Code updates that are the result of our meetings with the Homebuilders Association (HBA), working groups, the development community, Board of Trustees and other Town staff.
On Tuesday March 24, the Board will formally consider the first in a series of UDC Updates which will be incorporated into the complete update of the Unified Development Code.
Since October of 2019, the Board of Trustees have adopted several Ordinances which have amended the Unified Development Code namely:
* Amending a portion of Chapter 6, further defining Flashing or Moving Signs
* Enacted a new Chapter 13 regarding Wireless Communication Facilities
* Amending a portion of Chapter 7 creating a new Annexation Plat process
* Amending Chapter 7 to increase the flexibility of Planned Unit Developments
This next series of UDC amendments will amend Section 10.2.2 to propose a minimum density in the Low Density (LR) district while removing the Density Bonus Provisions within the Code. These provisions were intended as an "Option" for the development community to use to increase density within their developments. However, no developer has ever exercised this option an developments typically are built at less than allowed density levels. Since the option has not worked, future proposed code revisions will address density minimums rather than offering an optional density bonus.
Staff also recommends a change in the Table of Uses to allow a property to be rezoned in anticipation of future development but retain the existing "Agricultural Uses" which are typically occurring prior to rezoning. This would allow an existing owner to continue this use...
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