8/10/2019 Burlington Future Zoning Amendments List 12-4-14

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Topic Description

Parking space dimensions

short-term rentals Air BnB uses

Farrington Mobile home

park zoned RM

Revise Zoning

Fletcher Place Rezone Clarify calculation procedure. (Notehave not heard back from neighborhood mtgs on this request)

Non-complying residential

room"

Non-complying residential parking-additional living space. Suggest to use both the roomterminology anda square foot concept. (Note minimum size for a bedroom is 70 sq. ft.).

School zoning Obtain information on the needs of the School Department to accommodate expansion plans. Schools in residential districts are non-conforming

Low Impact Development

(LID)

Review the Conservation Board draft amendment to incentivize LID techniques to be used in Burlington

Import language from Chapt

28 into CDO re in lieu

payment

Chapter 28 never repealed; provision for dedication of parkland (Sec. 28-7 (b) (8)) allows in lieu payment(impact fee) for required dedication.

Clean Hands City Attny looking into this a for an ordinance change.

Institutional zoning Burlington College

Downtown Height

Bonuses

Re-evaluate height bonuses overall and perhaps mandate some of them instead of being optional. (May not be relevant given FBC)

Lot Coverage

Calculation

Sec. 5.2.3 & 5.2.4 should be consistent regarding stormwater features whether or NOT excluded for lot coverage andcalculations for buildable areas.

Large projects time

of construction

Often large projects require more than two construction seasons for completion. Enable 3 year construction window for large projects

Article 6 design

review standards

Brought up in relation to retaining walls; also came up in Joint Downtown Cmte worksee letters/complaints from developers

Historic Materials

Driveways in front

yard

Sec 8.1.12 modify so no portion of access driveway extends in front of a principal structure - it can only be in front of garage, carport orother parking spaces.

Kitchems in AdminHO add to admin HO: food preparation in an existing residential kitchen where no modifications to kitchen required

Bars/Entertainmentin ELM

ArtsRiot amendment; note this is moving forward as per Ward 5 councilors.

Inclusionary

Student Housing

Deletion/clarification of inclusionary housing requirement for off-campus student housing.

Sign Table 7.2.1-1

CorrectionAmend Table 7.2.1-1 Re Freestanding in E zones as per 7.2.5 e; 1 ft. to ft.