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CAMIROS KEY PERSONNEL

Arista Strungys, AICP, PPPrincipal // Co-Owner

Project Manager20 years zoning experience

Zoe HeidornAssociate

Project Planner

Chris Jennette, AICP, ASLA, LEEDSenior Associate

Project Planner

Zoning OrdinancesSustainable DevelopmentMaster Plans Downtown PlansCorridor Plans Urban Design Economic Development Public EngagementLandscape ArchitectureHistoric Preservation

Where We’ve Worked

CAMIROS NATIONAL PRACTICE

Baltimore, MDBuffalo, NYCharlotte, NCClark County

(Las Vegas), NVCleveland Heights, OHNew Orleans, LANewark, NJPittsburgh, PAProvidence, RIRome, NYTredyffrin Township, PASalt Lake Co., UTShreveport, LAYonkers, NY

CAMIROS ZONING PRACTICE

We are not dogmatic…Identify problems, find solutions

Use all zoning approaches available:ü Traditionalü Form-Basedü Place-Basedü Performance-Basedü Hybrid

Your ordinance solves your problems

CAMIROS PHILOSOPHY

TEAM WRT

Planners, urban designers, architects, &landscape architects

WRT StaffWoo Kim, AICP, PP, LEED APNancy O’Neill AICP, LEED, Green Associate

Project RoleRedevelopment Area Plans ReportPublic engagement support

Community development Environmental planningLocal Trenton firm

BRS StaffJulia Taylor

Project RolePublic engagement supportLocal knowledge

TEAM ISLES

Redevelopment & Land Use Department Traditional developmentRedevelopmentNJ zoning and land use

Project RoleLegal reviewNJ Land Use Law compliance

TEAM GRS&D, LLP

LDO OrganizationCompartmentalizeGraphic orientationDefine all termsSingle set of measurement methodologies

EFFICIENCY & CONSISTENCY

LDO Use ApproachRevise current cumulative use approach

Uses tailored to purpose of districtUse matrixEliminate prohibited uses

Modern generic use approachOnly call out select specific uses Each use defined

Certain uses require standardsAddress impacts & design

MODERNIZING USE STRUCTURE

EXAM

PLEPermissions

Permitted = PSpecial = S(C conditional in Trenton)Blank = Prohibited


EXAM

PLE

Locate Use1) By use type2) By district


EXAM

PLEUse Standards

Certain uses have additional standards


LDO Use Approach“Corner Stores”Adaptive reuseFull range of social service usesLocal Entrepreneurship:

Specialty food production, industrial design, micro-breweries

Temporary Uses: Food trucks, outdoor sales, outdoor entertainment


Accessory Structures Common: fences, garages, home occupationSustainable: solar & wind

Enhance current lighting standardsUrban Ag: chickens, bees

Permitted EncroachmentsTable formatArchitectural features & attached structures

Special ExceptionsSpecial building setbacksView corridors to River

UPDATING SITE DEVELOPMENT

Parking ApproachParking flexibilities; exemptionsUpdate parking ratios

Landscape ApproachSpecific landscape requirements

Parking lot interior & perimeterBuffer yardsSite landscapeStreet trees


SignsAddress all sign typesMatch permissions & sizes to district formReed vs. Gilbert

TABLE 12-1: SUMMARY OF SIGN PERMISSIONS

Sign Type Exempt Sign

(Section 12.5)

Permit Required

(Section 12.6) Permitted Locations

A-Frame Sign • C-1, C-3, C-4, and C-D Districts

Attention-Getting Device • Non-residential uses in the non-residential districts

Awning Sign • Multi-family dwellings and non-residential uses in all district

Canopy Sign: Non-Structural Canopy Signs • Multi-family dwellings and non-residential uses in all district

Canopy Sign Structural: Attached To Principal Building • Non-residential uses in the commercial and

industrial districts

Canopy Sign Structural: Freestanding • gas stations and drive through facilities in any district

Construction Activity Sign • On a lot where active construction is taking place in all districts

Freestanding Signs – Standard • Multi-family dwellings and non-residential uses in all districts

Freestanding Signs – Multi-Tenant Retail Center • Multi-tenant retail centers in all districts

Freestanding Signs – Residential Subdivision • Residential subdivisions in all districts

Government Sign • All districts

Holiday and Seasonal Decorations • All districts

Light Pole Banner • Light pole banners on private property in all districts

Marquee • Non-residential uses in C-4, C-5, C-G

Memorial or Historic Event • Where a structure or lot is related to a historic person, event, structure, or site in all districts

Menuboard • Drive through facilities in all districts

Multiple Tenant Building Entryway • Entryways for multiple tenant buildings (multi-family dwellings and non-residential and mixed-use developments) in all districts

Noncommercial Message • All districts

Not-for-Profit Community Event • All districts

Parking Lots and Structures • Parking lot/structures for each entrance/exit, driveway intersection, drive-through lane, and other circulation points in all districts

Projecting Signs • Commercial districts

Real Estate Activity • When a structure or lot is offered for sale, lease, or rent in all districts

Wall Sign • Non-residential uses in all districts

Wall Sign - Skyline • Non-residential uses in non-residential districts only for structures over 75 feet in height

Window Sign • Non-residential uses in all districts


Zoning DistrictsMix of residential districts

Priority Investment NeighborhoodsHigher density mixed residentialReduce nonconformities

Range of Mixed-Use DistrictsCommercial districts – scales of intensity & different formsNew Open Space & Institutional DistrictsWaterfront DistrictInclude form standardsDesign standards

CREATING NEW DISTRICTS

ADDRESSING REDEVELOPMENT PLANS

Redevelopment Area Plans Report40+ Redevelopment PlansGap Analysis: Plans vs. Trenton250Zoning analysis to determine proper districts

May require new districts Minimize interpretation & layers of regulation

Create predictability

BUFFALO, NEW YORKCITY-WIDE FORM-BASED UDO

CAMIROS EXPERIENCE

BUFFALO NEW YORK

8 “Places” of New OrleansControls tailored to each placeNeighborhood preservationCommercial redevelopment

NEW ORLEANS, LOUSIANAPLACE-BASED HYBRID CODE

CAMIROS EXPERIENCE

SUBURBAN

RURAL

CBD

URBAN HISTORIC

OPEN SPACE

DESTINATIONEMPLOYMENT

NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA

Zoning Code UpdateIntegrate URPsRowhouse form-based standardsNew Downtown District (Sub-Districts)Waterfront zoningIndustrial preservationTOD Districts (urban & suburban)Johns Hopkins Public Health Study

BALTIMORE MARYLAND

Zoning Ordinance UpdateResolve residential nonconformitiesIntegrate design standardsCapital City with significant Institutional usesAddress sustainability

*Smart Growth RI Award

PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

Riverfront Zoning Amendment35 miles of riverfrontDifferent character throughout geographyView corridorsPhysical access to riverfrontStormwater managementPublic amenities

PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA

TASK MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1: Internal Kick-Off Meeting & Reconnaissance

2: Project Management Plan 3: Website & Branding 4: Community Outreach Strategy 5: Stakeholder Interviews 6: Site Analysis 7: Existing Issues and Opportunities Report 8: Technical/Policy Analysis & Evaluation Report

9: Redevelopment Area Plans Report 10: Shadowing 11: Development Application Review Process 12: Public Workshop 13: Prepare LDO Draft 1 14: Staff Review of LDO Draft 1 15: Specific Issue Outreach/Charrettes 16: Prepare LDO Draft 2 17: Draft Zoning Map 18: Public Open Houses 19: Outreach 20: Training Sessions 21: Ordinance Manual 22: Prepare Public Hearing Draft 23: Public Hearings 24: Adoption and Final LDO

PROJECT SCOPE

PROJECT SCOPETASK MONTH

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1: Internal Kick-Off Meeting & Reconnaissance

2: Project Management Plan 3: Website & Branding 4: Community Outreach Strategy 5: Stakeholder Interviews 6: Site Analysis 7: Existing Issues and Opportunities Report 8: Technical/Policy Analysis & Evaluation Report

9: Redevelopment Area Plans Report 10: Shadowing 11: Development Application Review Process 12: Public Workshop 13: Prepare LDO Draft 1 14: Staff Review of LDO Draft 1 15: Specific Issue Outreach/Charrettes 16: Prepare LDO Draft 2 17: Draft Zoning Map 18: Public Open Houses 19: Outreach 20: Training Sessions 21: Ordinance Manual 22: Prepare Public Hearing Draft 23: Public Hearings 24: Adoption and Final LDO

ZONING ANALYSIS

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis

”On-the-ground” vs “On-the-books”

Identify issues & test solutions

Produce maps to highlight issues and facilitate discussion/decision-making

Let People In!

ü Create Awareness

ü Build Understanding

ü Provide Opportunities for Action

CAMIROS ENGAGEMENT

Tools and techniques are highly adaptable

ü Project identityü Online presence

Social Media/FB Live

ü Open housesü Interactive workshopsü Outreach to organizations +

interest groups

CAMIROS ENGAGEMENT

PROJECT WEBSITE

COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSES + DISPLAYS

ü Keep what worksü Work as a team with staffü Promote City & staff ownership of the LDOü Ensure understandingü Build confidence in staff’s ownership of LDOü Back up key changes with facts

Ex: GIS analysis of development patterns ü Predictability & consistency in application

Build public trust

TEAM COMMITMENT

www.Trenton250LDOupdate.com

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