City Council and P Z Commission Joint Workshop Discussion

City Council and P&Z Commission Joint Workshop Discussion of TOD Code April 2, 2009

1. Stakeholder Feedback 2. Summary of Previous TOD Discussions 3. Special Frontage Standards 4. Character Zone Elements 5. Street Types 6. Architectural Standards 7. Civic Spaces 8. Approval and Appeals 9. Adoption of TOD Code

1. Stakeholder Feedback Iron Horse Stakeholder Meetings – September 29 Open House (224 notices) (30 attendees) – October 14 Design Workshop (15 notices) (6 participants) – March 25 Open House (111 notices) (6 attendees) – General Support • Bluffs at Iron Horse supportive with plans to expand • Vacant property owners supportive • Traffic concerns on Browning Drive

1. Stakeholder Feedback Smithfield Stakeholder Meetings – September 30 Open House (161 notices) (51 attendees) – October 15 Design Workshop (51 notices) (14 participants) – March 26 Open House (503 notices) (57 attendees) • Concerns from surrounding neighborhoods (Residential Transition) • Widening and improvements to Main Street and Smithfield Road (New Street Standards) • “Quiet Zones” along railroad • How plans for existing businesses would be affected by TOD Code

2. Comments from February 5 Work Session • Intensity of Uses on Loop 820 – Combined Freeway and High Intensity Zones; increased heights to 10+ stories • New Street Types – Clarified lane and parking widths for Main Street, Smithfield, Iron Horse – Crosswalks on Iron Horse as part of future design plans • Concerns over sea of parking lots – Created Transitional Parking lot standards supporting phased structured parking with Special Development Plans for more than 50 parking spaces • Equal treatment for both sides of Davis Boulevard – Arterial frontage requirements set landscape and building setbacks with limited parking on frontage and building architectural control

2. Comments from February 5 Work Session • Creating a true Mixed Use District – Concerns over mixed use being a catch phrase for apartment complex – Mixed Use Criteria standards in all character zones – Separated Iron Horse and Smithfield General Mixed Use zones • Non Conforming Uses and Buildings – Uses • auto related, outside storage, storage warehouse, heavy manufacturing would become non-conforming uses and not allowed to expand • Some auto uses could continue on Davis, Mid Cities and Loop 820 – Buildings • Non Conforming Buildings with permitted uses can expand without increasing non conformance

Recent Staff Recommendations • Expansion of Permitted Use Tables • Clarifying required Mixed Uses in General Mixed Use Zones • Additions to non-conforming buildings not conforming to TOD standards may be approved with a Special Development Plan

3. Special Frontage Standards (Pg 6 -7) • Required Commercial Frontage – Main Street and Iron Horse Blvd. at the rail station – Commercial uses required on the ground floor • Arterial Frontage – Unifies development along Davis and Mid-Cities Blvd with 15 foot landscape buffer and surface parking no deeper than 70 feet along frontage • Boulevard Frontage – Unifies development frontage along Iron Horse Blvd with build to zones, parking lots no deeper than 70 feet and no more than 50% of lot frontage in parking areas

Special Frontage Standards: Iron Horse TOD Commercial Frontage Boulevard Frontage

Special Frontage Standards: Smithfield TOD Arterial Frontage Commercial Fronta

Special Frontage Standards Iron Horse TOD Commercial Frontage (Iron Horse Blvd at station) Boulevard Frontage (Iron Horse north and south Cities) of station) Smithfield TOD Commercial (Main Street) Arterial Frontage (Davis and Mid • Are you in agreement with the proposed street frontage requirements?

4. Character Zones • • Permitted Uses Building Heights Conformance to Mixed Uses Residential Densities Parking Incentives Transition Standards Bonus Provisions

Permitted Uses (Table 5. 1 & 5. 2) • Permitted Uses – Encouraging Mixed Use zones – Retail, Restaurant, Office, Residential, Light Industrial, Institutional – Auto related uses only allowed in General Mixed Use, Arterial and High Intensity zones with Loop 820, Davis or Mid Cities frontage • Not Permitted Uses – – Auto related uses in TOD Core areas Outdoor Storage Uses Storage warehouse (mini-warehousing) Major manufacturing

Historic Core (Pg 11 -12) § § § X Preserve and reinforce existing historic fabric Provide appropriate in-fill and architectural design standards 1 -2 story heights Mixed Use conformance – 6, 000 sq. ft. or 2 acres Parking – under 3, 000 sq. ft. /shared within 1, 200 feet Land Use Mix Retail/ Character Zone Restaurant Historic Core Range(min/max) 15%-35% Preferred 25% Office Residential Public/Open Other Space (institutional, etc) 15%-35% 25% 0%-35% 15% 5%-10% 20%-25%

TOD Core (Pg 13 -14) § § Potential for new higher intensity, mixed use development Maximum 4 stories; average 3 stories Mixed Use conformance – 10, 000 sq. ft. or 4 acres Parking – under 3, 000 sq. ft. /shared within 1, 200 feet Land Use Mix Retail/ Character Zone Restaurant TOD Core Range(min/max) 15%-35% Preferred 25% Office Residential Public/Open Space Other (institutional, etc) 20%-40% 30% 5%-10% 5% 0%-20% 10%

High Intensity Mixed Use (Pg 15 -16) • High rise office and residential uses; some ground floor retail uses • Intended for large scale employment uses • 10 stories maximum; Special Development Plan above 10 stories • Structured Retail/ parking Land Use Mix Office Residential Public/Open Other § Character Zone Restaurant Mixed Use conformance – 30, 000 sq. ft. or Space 10 acres (institutional, etc) High Intensity Mixed Use Range(min/max) 5%-50% Preferred 20% 30%-70% 50% 0%-40% 20% 5%-10% 5% 0%-5% 5%

Iron Horse General Mixed Use (Pg 17 -18) § Potential for a wide variety of mixed use development – could include office uses, live-work, light industrial fabrication studios, mixed residential, and retail/restaurant uses. § Maximum 3 stories, generally 1 – 2 stories § Mixed Use conformance – 10, 000 sq. ft. or 5 acres (25% ground floor non-res) Land Use Mix Retail/ Residential Public/Open Other (industrial, § Parking – under 3, 000 Office sq. ft/shared within 1, 200 feet Character Zone Restaurant General Mixed Use Range(min/max) 5%-30% Preferred 10% Space 5%-30% 20% 10%-50% 30% 5%-10% 5% institutional, etc) (some industrial) 15%-50% 30%

Smithfield General Mixed Use (Pg 1920) § Potential for a wide variety of mixed use development – could include office uses, live-work, light industrial fabrication studios, mixed residential, and retail/restaurant uses. § Maximum 3 stories, generally 1 – 2 stories § Mixed Use conformance – 10, 000 sq. ft. or 5 acres (25% ground floor non-res) Land Use Mix Retail/ Residential Public/Open § Parking – under 3, 000 Office sq. ft. /shared within 1, 200 feet Other (industrial, Character Zone Restaurant General Mixed Use Range(min/max) 5%-30% Preferred 15% Space 5%-25% 15% 30%-60% 45% 5%-10% 5% institutional, etc) (some industrial) 10%-30% 20%

Arterial Mixed Use (Pg 21 -22) • • • § § Generally 1 – 2 stories Parking allowed along the arterial street Limited to commercial uses (retail and office) Mixed Use conformance – none Parking – existing standards/shared within 1, 200 feet Land Use Mix Character Zone Arterial/Highway Mixed Use Range(min/max) Preferred Retail/ Restaurant Office Residential Public/Open Space Other (industrial, institutional, etc) (some industrial) 0%-10% 5% 5%-25% 15% (min res above 1 st floor) 30%-70% 50% 10%-50% 30% 0%

TOD Residential (Pg 23 -24) § Redevelopment transitions to neighborhoods § 1 -2 story heights § Range of urban residential uses – brownstones, live-work, courtyard residential § Mixed Use conformance – none, non-residential on avenues and boulevards Land Use Mix Retail/ Office Residential Public/Open Other Space (institutional, § Character Zone Restaurant sq. ft. non residential/shared within 1, 200 feet Parking – under 3, 000 etc) TOD Residential Range(min/max) 5%-15% Preferred 10% 5%-35% 20% 35%-65% 50% 10%-15% 10% 0%-20% 10%

Range of Land Use Mixes Non-Residential Historic TOD 50%-95% 0%-35% TOD Core 35%-95% 20% -40% TOD Residential 0%-50% 35% -65% Iron Horse General 25%-95% 10%-50% Smithfield General 20%-85% 30%-60% Arterial Mixed Use 45%-95% 0%-5% High Intensity Mixed Use 35%-95% 0%-40%

Transition Standards Single Family Residential Historic TOD - none TOD Core – 3 story height within 25 feet, 6 foot fence TOD Residential – 2 story height within 25 feet, 6 foot fence Iron Horse General - 2 story height within 25 feet, 6 foot fence Smithfield General - 2 story height within 25 feet, 6 foot fence Arterial Mixed Use - 2 story height within 25 feet, 6 foot fence Commercial

Bonus Provisions Iron Horse General – 10% increase in residential for 5% increase in commercial over 15% Smithfield General - 10% increase in residential for 5% increase in commercial over 15% High Intensity Mixed Use – building heights over 10 stories permitted with: – Plazas, squares or civic open spaces – Structured parking – Minimum of 10% residential uses

4. Character Zones • • Permitted Uses Building Heights Conformance to Mixed Uses Residential Densities Parking Incentives Transition Standards Bonus Provisions • Are you in agreement with the Character Zone Standards?

5. Review of TOD Street Types (Pg 26 -27) • Commercial “Main Street” – Main Street • Avenue – Smithfield – Boulder • Commercial “Avenue” – Iron Horse at the rail station • TOD “Boulevard” – Iron Horse north and south of rail station • General “TOD” Street • TOD Alley

Commercial “Main” Street Main Street

Avenue Smithfield Road, Boulder Dr, Combs Dr

Commercial “Avenue” Iron Horse Blvd. at Rail Station

TOD Boulevard Iron Horse Blvd. north and south of Rail Station

TOD General Street

TOD Alley

TOD Street Types Iron Horse TOD Smithfield TOD Avenue Commercial Avenue Main Street Avenue TOD Boulevard General TOD • Are you in agreement with the designated TOD street types?

6. Architectural Standards (Pgs 29 – 39) Sustainability and pedestrian oriented public realm, architectural elements and form, not a particular style Location on the Street Pedestrian-Friendly Building Massing and Scale Feature Buildings Architectural Elements and Storefronts Building Materials Building Types

Building Types Shopfront building 3 -story Mixed Use loft 4 -story Mixed Use loft 2 -story live-work Apartment building Multi-unit house Townhouse Detached house Commercial high rise building

Historic Smithfield Architectural Standards Building Form & Massing Horizontal Rhythm Doors and Windows Roof Form Building Materials Awnings and Canopies

6. Architectural Standards • Are you in agreement with the TOD Architectural Standards?

7. Civic Spaces (Pg 41) -Illustrative Plan encourages location, scale and design of civic spaces -Squares, parks and greens appropriate in any zone -All new development shall provide a minimum of 10% of gross area in usable open space (no more than 50% for private open space) -New development less than 10 acres may park fee in lieu of open space requirement -Plazas and squares should link station platform to commercial areas -Plaza – ¼ to 1 acre, Squares – ½ to 2 acres -Open spaces include pocket parks, children’s play areas, greens, squares, linear greens; active parks limited to 10% of parks in

7. Civic Spaces -Illustrative Plan encourages location, scale and design of civic spaces -Squares, parks and greens appropriate in any zone -All new development shall provide a minimum of 10% of gross area in usable open space (no more than 50% for private open space) -New development less than 10 acres may park fee in lieu of open space requirement -Plazas and squares should link station platform to commercial areas -Plaza – ¼ to 1 acre, Squares – ½ to 2 acres -Open spaces include pocket parks, children’s play areas, greens, squares, linear greens; active parks limited to 10% of parks in

7. Civic Spaces • Are you in agreement with the TOD Civic and open space Standards?

8. Approvals and Appeals (Pg 4244) • All applications meeting the requirements of the Code may be approved by Staff • All applications requesting development flexibility, modifications or incentives shall be reviewed as “special development” plans and subject to P&Z recommendation and Council approval • Encouraging process of seeking “master developer” to work with city to facilitate development

Development Incentive Process Incentives/Flexibility Requested Meet minimum criteria for Application Public Benefits from the development Development Incentive Plan or “Special Development Plan”

8. Approvals and Appeals • Are you in agreement with the TOD administrative site plan approvals and Special Development Plan process to allow development flexibility?

9. Adoption of TOD Code • Staff is recommending a creating the TOD Code in June and rezoning properties in July. • Sustainable Development Grant application due October 2, 2009 • Proposed dates: Adopting TOD Code Rezoning Properties P&Z May 21, 2009 P&Z July 2, 2009 City Council June 8, 2009 City Council July 13, 2009 Are you prepared to move forward with creation of a Transit Oriented Code and to rezone properties around the Iron Horse and Smithfield station sites?