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1Compatibility Code Updates

July 25, 2018

Open House

Focus Areas

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Downtown

Neighborhood Conservation Buffer (NCB)

Historic Preservation

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Recent Guiding Plans

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Downtown Zone Boundary

New Downtown Zone district established under the 2017 Downtown Plan.

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Downtown Subdistricts

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Street Frontage Types

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Street Frontage Types

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Street Frontage Types

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CG4

Build‐To Range

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CG4 replace with new tableCameron Gloss, 7/19/2018

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Building Base Materials

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Building Base Materials

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Window Transparency

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Storefront Green Edge

Window Transparency

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Building Form

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CG1CG2 CG3CG5

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Current Height Limits

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CG1 Cameron Gloss, 7/19/2018

CG2 replace with new chartCameron Gloss, 7/19/2018

CG3 replace with new chartCameron Gloss, 7/19/2018

CG5 replace with new tableCameron Gloss, 7/19/2018

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Proposed Height Limits

Proposed stories allowable per block within Downtown Zone.

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Proposed stories allowable per block with number of stories gained or reduced.

Proposed Height Changes

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GOALS:

1. Reduce height around Downtown perimeter to create a better transition to neighborhoods.

2. Increase height in areas that can support more density where there is infill and redevelopment potential andmeets urban design objectives.

Proposed Height Changes

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Stories Gained/Reduced by Subdistrict

Net Increase = 9.5 stories, primarily within Canyon Subdistrict

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Step‐back Examples

• Third floor step-back driven by height of adjacent building/existing context

Image 1THIS

• Avoid standards that create ‘wedding-cake’-shaped buildings

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Step‐back Examples

• Third floor step-back driven by height of adjacent historical building.

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• Lower stories address the contextual height and human scale with no step-backs on upper stories.

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For Buildings Greater Than 6 Stories

Buildings greater than 6 stories in height must provide four-sided architecture for all facades above the 6th floor.

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OTNP Framework Map

AreasNCB Transition

Areas

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(NCB) Standards

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NCB Standards

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Next Steps

July 16 – Aug. 10  City Attorney’s Office Review

July 25 Public Workshop

Aug. 8 Downtown Business Association

Aug. 9 Downtown Development Authority

Aug. 15 Landmark Preservation Commission

Aug. 16 Planning and Zoning Board

Sept. 16 City Council 1st Reading

Oct. 2 City Council 2nd Reading

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Key Changes

Current

• No defined area of adjacency

• Criteria promotes sameness

• Non-consensual: threemeetings required

• Initial eligibility decision without full information

• Confusion on imminently dangerous

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• 200-foot buffer

• Criteria promotes flexibility

• Now two meetings before Council decision

• Initial eligibility decision based on survey

• Clarity on imminently dangerous

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Historic Preservation Code:Next Steps

July – November  Additional Outreach

Aug. 1, Oct. 3, Nov. 7 Citizen Advisory Committee Mtgs.

Aug. 8 Downtown Business Association

Aug. 9 Downtown Development Authority

Nov. 14 Landmark Preservation Commission

Nov. 15 Planning and Zoning Board

Dec. 4 City Council 1st Reading

Dec. 18 City Council 2nd Reading