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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
Image 2NOT THIS
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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.
THIS NOT THISImage 5 Image 6
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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