[Durham INC] UDO changes and zoning maters
Don Moffitt
don.moffitt at gmail.com
Mon Jun 1 08:27:46 EDT 2015
Regarding the cases at the bottom of the list, off the top of my head I
know the Hopson case, Circle K on Frasier, Brier Creek Assemblage and
Mangum/Glendale are all on tonight's city council agenda.
I think the Circle K deserves an especially close review if anyone is
inclined.
Don
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> There are 4 proposed text amendments at
>
> http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Pages/Text%20Amendments/Pending-Text-Amendments.aspx
> The first two go to Planning Commission on June 9th, the third to City
> Council soon and the 4th is not yet scheduled.
>
> TC1500003
> <http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Documents/UDO_Text_Amendments/Pending_Text_Amendments/Attachment_A_PC_TC1500003final.pdf> –
> Affordable Housing Parking and Density Bonus. A text amendment to Sec. 6.6,
> Affordable Housing Density Bonus, Sec. 10.3, Required Parking, and
> associated sections, to update the current density bonus standards for
> affordable housing, and to provide new parking requirements to dwelling
> units that qualify as affordable housing. The new rule is:
>
> - in suburban and urban tiers "affordable units don't count in
> density" -- that is, for each affordable unit added, the maximum number
> allowed increases by 1. You can't have 100% affordable units (I'm not sure
> what the practical upper bound would be).
> - in compact neighborhood tiers, you get 3 market rate units for each
> affordable one. These can be 100% affordable (tho I thought the whole
> point was the market-rate units you got as a bonus, so would there be no
> bonus here?)
>
> The height limit is increased by 15 feet (except in compact design
> districts) and interior lots may be 20% smaller (but market-rate and
> affordable ones have to be equally affected). At least 15% of the units
> have to be affordable before the bonus kicks in.
>
> TC1500004
> <http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Documents/UDO_Text_Amendments/Pending_Text_Amendments/Attachment_A_TC1500004_PC6-9-15.pdf>–
> Ten-foot Riparian Buffer Setback/Lot of Record Definition. A text amendment
> to clarify that encroachment into the ten-foot setback from riparian
> buffers is allowed only when associated with approval of a use in the
> buffer, and to amend the definition of “lot of record” to recognize
> recordation of plats in counties other than Durham County. Other technical
> clarifications associated with “lot of record” are also proposed.
>
> TC1400005
> <http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Documents/UDO_Text_Amendments/Pending_Text_Amendments/Attachment_C_BOC6-8-15_TC1400005_final.pdf> -
> Independent Living Facilities. A privately-initiated text amendment
> application to establish a new use called an “independent living facility,"
> defined as "a facility consisting of a single building or group of
> buildings with one ownership and management in which the residents are
> persons at least 55 years of age, their spouses, and/or their surviving
> spouses, and with or without an on-site resident manager. Residents live in
> their own dwelling units. The facility maintains a common dining room and
> typically provides personal services such as transportation, banking,
> and/or a barber shop/hair salon; recreational activities and amenities;
> concierge services; and housekeeping for residents and their guests. Health
> maintenance services and/or treatment are not provided." It clarifies how
> this is unlike congregate living facilities. My main concern is that there
> is still *no requirement for employee parking, and it looks like it could
> have lots of employees.* They would require a minor special use permit
> in residential zones, but be permitted in most non-residential zones.
>
> TC1500005
> <http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Documents/UDO_Text_Amendments/Pending_Text_Amendments/Attachment_A_TC1500005_Application.pdf> –
> Accessory Structure/Home Occupations. A privately-initiated text amendment
> to Sec. 5.4, Accessory Structures and Uses, to allow accessory structures
> to the side and front of a primary structure in the RS district as allowed
> in the RR district and with the same limitations; and to more explicitly
> allow the use of accessory structures for any home occupation and not just
> for rural home occupations. The lot still has to be at least 2 acres, work
> cannot take up more than 30% of the space (but can have employees), and the
> accessory building cannot be in mandated setbacks from the street.
>
> I missed a couple months of zoning announcements. April/May items for
> Planning Commission include:
>
> - A self-storage center on Hopson, near NC54, Office to commercial
> zoning change
> - More Brier Creek Assemblage
> - Move of 2512 Vesson from Residential Suburban (RS-10) to Residential
> Urban (RU-5(2))
> - Change of Development Plan for 4904 and 5010 Garrett Rd (just
> north of Old Chapel Hill Rd.)
> - Move of 729 Clausen into the city
> - Circle K at Duke and Frasier from Office Institutional to Mixed Use
> - Planned Development Residential at the eastern end of Belgreen Road
> - Change of development plan at the SW corner of NC54 and NC751
> - A lot between N. Magnum and Glendale, north of Corporation, from a
> mix of medium commercial and single and multi-family residential to smaller
> scale commercial and multi-family residential
> - Expansion of the parking for complex on NW corner of NC54 and
> Farrington into the adjacent residential (majorly upsetting to
> neighborhood, based on what they were saying at the compact neighborhood
> meetings)
>
>
> Regards, pat
> ------------------------------
> From: Wade.Griffin at durhamnc.gov
> Subject: EMAIL Notice for TC150003 and TC1500004 for June 9, 2015,
> Planning Commission
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 20:35:35 +0000
>
> Please be advised of the upcoming Durham Planning Commission public
> hearings on proposed changes to the text of the Durham Unified Development
> Ordinance (UDO):
>
>
>
> Text amendment TC1500003 proposes amendments to Articles 6, Intensity
> Standards; Article 10, Parking and Loading; and Article 16, Definitions, to
> establish new parking requirements for affordable housing dwelling units,
> revisions to the affordable housing density bonus, and other necessary
> changes associated with these revisions.
>
>
>
> Text amendment TC1500004 proposes a revision to the 10-foot riparian
> buffer setback requirement and revises the definition of “lot of record”
> and other associated definitions.
>
>
>
> The Durham Planning Commission will hold the public hearings on Tuesday,
> June 9, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 101 City Hall
> Plaza, 1st Floor. Due to ongoing City Hall construction, please check
> with the Police Officer at the main desk upon entering City Hall to verify
> the location of the meeting.
>
>
>
> Agenda materials will be available online by March 23, 2015. The text of
> the proposed changes may be viewed at http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Pages/Text%20Amendments/Pending-Text
> Amendments.aspx
> <http://durhamnc.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Pages/Text%20Amendments/Pending-Text%20Amendments.aspx>.
> Interested parties may appear and speak at the public hearing. Substantial
> changes to the proposed action may be made following the public hearing.
> For more information please contact Michael Stock, 560-4137 x28227;
> Michael.Stock at DurhamNC.gov.
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> *Wade Griffin*
>
> *Planner*
>
> *Durham City/County Planning Department*
>
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>
> Durham NC 27701
>
> Phone: 919-560-4137 x28229
>
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