BIG IDEASpart 2May 19, 2014

City of Duluth Unified Development Code

Agenda

BIG IDEAS to discuss: Downtown Buford Highway Multi-Family Design Standards Transitional Standards

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Downtown Plan

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Buford Highway

Downtown Plan

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CBDM-2 CPD-C

R-1

M-1

Existing Zoning

M-1 CPD-C

M-1CPD-R

Downtown Plan

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Proposed Zoning

CBD

HRD(Historic Residential

District)

Downtown Plan

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Proposed Concept Plans / Site Plans consistent with Illustrative Master Plan

HRD(Historic Residential

District)

Land Use

Street Layout

Streetscape

CBD

Downtown Plan

Design standards• Updated CBD standards

- Based on Downtown Overlay District

(DOD) standards- Modify where inconsistent with Downtown

Plan

• Planning Department review replaces CPD-C and CPD-R Review Boards

• Exception: inconsistencies with Downtown Plan, then forward to Planning Commission

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Downtown Overlay District (DOD)

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Downtown Overlay District (DOD)

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Proposed scaled-back DOD boundary• Apply CBD design standards

Comp Plan recommends neighborhood plan for remaining area

Remove Buford Highway Overlay District (BHOD)

HC-1 (proposed)• South of Davenport• Allows auto uses• Additional landscape

screening

HC-2 (proposed)• North of Davenport• Prohibits auto uses

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Buford Highway

Existing building design standards would apply• Architectural treatment• Blank walls• Building materials• Pitched roofs

Standards apply to HC, C-1, C-2, O-I, O-N, M-1 and M-2

Propose differentiating standards for commercial vs. industrial districts

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Buford Highway

Arcade

Awnings and wall offsets

Portico

Alcove

Building materials • Allow other materials in

addition to brick, stone, stucco or wood in M-1, M-2

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Buford Highway

Roof types• Allow flat roofs in commercial

and industrial districts

RM District – Design Standards

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Brick, stone, stucco, and/or lap siding (wood or HardiPlank)• Number of sides?• Percentage of materials per side?

Wall offsets / material change in building plane

Two covered parking spaces Other design considerations?

Transition

The effective date of the UDC will be established when it is adopted.

For properties that are already at some stage in the development approval or permitting process, they would be exempt from the UDC as follows:

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Transition

Subdivisions

• Preliminary Plats and development plans approved prior to the effective date of the UDC …

• Can proceed to completion if construction begins within 1 year of plat approval, and

• The work proceeds on a continuous basis.

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Transition

Site development plans, development permits and building permits.

• Site development plans approved, and development permits or building permits issued prior to the effective date of the UDC …

• Can proceed to completion if construction begins within 1 year of plan approval or permit issuance, and

• The work proceeds on a continuous basis.

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Transition

Recently approved rezoning or special use.

• A zoning map amendment or special use approved within 6 months before the UDC effective date …

• Will be honored if a development permit or a building permit is issued within 6 months after the UDC effective date, and

• The permit does not expire due to lack of construction activity.

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Transition

Applications in Process.

• A valid and complete application for rezoning or special use approval, development or construction approval accepted prior to the UDC effective date …

• Can be considered under the previous regulations if the application is approved within 6 months after the UDC effective date, and

• The use, development or construction begins within 6 months after approval.

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Transition

Effect• When the use of or construction on an exempt

property is completed, inconsistencies with the UDC will be treated as legal nonconformities.

• After the UDC effective date, all new applications for zoning, development or variances will follow the procedures in the UDC.

• The owner of an exempt property has the option to comply with new UDC regulations if more to their advantage.

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