Omnibus List 2023 (TC-5-23)
Omnibus List 2023 (TC-5-23)
Omnibus List 2023 (TC-5-23): Through the ongoing administration of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), staff routinely identifies issues in the code that warrant further review and correction. These issues arise due to a variety of reasons including recent text changes, application of the code to unique situations, and unclear/imprecise language. To ensure continuous improvement of the city’s land development regulations, staff utilizes the omnibus text change program to bundle these corrections and improvements into a single ordinance. Items included in the omnibus are modest in their impact and address minor, rather than major, policy areas. Read the full draft ordinance.
The 2023 list contains the following items:
- Timeline for setting of public hearings
- For Text Changes and Comprehensive Plan amendments, require a public hearing date be set within 60 days of the Council’s receipt of the Planning Commission’s recommendation.
- Maximum compact parking space requirements
- Remove limitations on compact parking spaces.
- Solar as an accessory use
- Clarify that solar installations are permitted as an accessory use in all base zoning districts.
- Variance approval standards
- Revise variance approval standards to be consistent with state law.
- Doors qualifying as transparency
- Clarify that only transparent doors count towards transparency requirements; includes exception for vehicular service doors integrated into police/fire/EMS stations.
- Parking and maximum number of stories
- Clarify that parking levels qualifying as basement levels do not count towards the maximum number of stories.
- Applications for administrative and quasi-judicial development approvals
- Add language stating who can apply for the above listed development approvals.
- Typo correction
- Corrects miscellaneous typos and incorrect references.
- References to required parking
- Delete references to required parking in site plan review section of the code.
- Parkway frontage building setback
- Require 60’ building setback with Parkway frontage to avoid conflict with protective yard requirements.
- Residential accessory service standards
- Delete conflicting and confusing language regarding maximum size of these accessory uses.
- Tier 3 Site Plan Exemptions
- Clarify that two-unit townhouses and telecommunications towers are treated as Tier 1 Site Plans, even on vacant sites.
- Special Flood Hazard Areas Terminology
- Replace “floodplain, floodways, floodprone and flood hazard areas” with the term “special flood hazard areas” to be consistent with FEMA terminology.
- Height encroachments for buildings 7 stories and above
- Apply building height encroachment limitations only to buildings with a maximum height in feet.
- Manufactured Homes within Cottage Courts
- Cap the size of Manufactured Homes within Cottage Courts at 600 square feet in size.
- Parking Structure Lighting Regulations
- Delete duplicative language.
- Attics and Half Stories
- Provide clear and distinct definitions for attic and half-story.
- Amenity Area clarifications
- Clarify that amenity area is a percentage of the net site area and require each amenity area on a site to have seating and trees, as applicable.
- Director Discretion
- Remove discretionary action language/process from the code.
- Mailed notice for quasi-judicial evidentiary hearings
- Clarify who should receive notice of quasi-judicial evidentiary hearings.
- Serving decisions for quasi-judicial decisions
- Clarify appropriate delivery methods for serving quasi-judicial decisions.
- Home Occupation Permit Revocation
- Remove language regarding permit revocation as permits are no longer issued for this use.
- Unifying standards for single- and two-unit living
- Update SRPOD district to reflect allowances and requirements for attached houses and two-unit townhouses.
- Side Street Setbacks for ADUs
- Decrease side street setback for ADUs on lots of less than 10K sf from 20’ to 15’.
- Recreational Use Related to a Residential Development
- Allow membership fees for non-residents, but limit non-residents to less than 50% of total membership.
- Miscellaneous (Omnibus) Signage
- Clarify that miscellaneous (omnibus) signage does not require a permit.
- Residential Infill Compatibility Through Lot Setbacks
- For through lots, only apply infill setbacks along the street to which the structure is or will be oriented towards.
- Examining boards and licensing
- Delete outdated language and process related to the registration of contractors, including City privilege
- Lots without recorded tree conservation areas
- Removed limitation that replanted tree conservation area following a violation don’t count towards future compliance with tree conservation requirements.
Public Meeting Schedule:
This text change is scheduled for a Text Change Committee meeting in February. We will be collecting comments here through February 2. Comments after this date should be submitted directly to Keegan McDonald via email.
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