HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation on Initial Draft Form Based Zones & StandardsTrip 3: Administrative
Draft Code
City of Iowa City
Form-Based Code
Agenda
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•Overview of Admin Draft Code &
Regulating Plan (25 minutes)
•Questions Received so far (20
minutes)
•Discussion
SECTIONOverview of
Process so far 1
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Key Steps
•2015 -South District Plan
adopted 2015
•2017 –Phase 1 Study
-Neighborhood Centers with walkable amenities and
residential development
•-Expand on established open spaces with a strong
network of trails and parks
•-Address housing options; great opportunities for
Missing Middle Housing to accommodate needs for a
range of families
•-Improve street connectivity
•-Improve walkability
•-Introduce new zoning or changes to better predict and
control future development
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Key Steps
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•2018 –Phase 2 Code Work
•Implement 2017 workshop direction and South District
Plan
•Prepare Market Study
•Prepare administrative draft code.
•Work with city staff on code training
•2019 –Admin Draft Code
•Prepare approach options for Regulating Plan
•Release Administrative Draft Code for Review
•Review Administrative Draft Code
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Example of Walkable Community Design
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•Walkable Network of Interconnected
blocks, mix of Thoroughfare types
•Strong Public Realm leading to public
open space
•Integral stormwater management as
part of Public Realm
•On-street parking, slower speeds
•Mix of Houses, 3 and 4 plexes, Cottage
Courts, Mansions (6 plexes),
Townhouses, Courtyard Buildings
•Strong connection of ground floor
frontage to public realm
•Small Main Street
Repeating Elements
SECTIONOverview of Draft
Code 2
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FBC –Organizing Principle
•The Transect
The Natural-to-Urban Transect categorizes
a spectrum of natural to urban contexts in
six Transect zones (from the most rural T1
to the most urban T6) and is prominent
organizing principle within
Form-Based Code practice.
Form-Based Codes replace zoning and are
not merely design guidelines.
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Image courtesy of DPZ Partners
FBC –Organizing Principle
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•The Transect applied to
Iowa City
•T1 through T6
FBC –Organizing Principle
•The Transect applied to
Iowa City
•T1 through T6
•South District
•T1 Natural
•T3 Sub-Urban
•T4 General Urban
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Palette of Zoning Districts
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T1 T3 T4
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•No development
•Nature
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•2 stories, occupied attic,
walkout basement
•House, Duplex, Cottage
Court
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•2 stories, occupied attic,
walkout basement
•House, Duplex, Cottage
Court, Multiplex Small,
Townhouse Small
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•2 stories, occupied attic,
walkout basement
•Cottage Court, Multiplex
Small, Courtyard Building
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•3 stories, occupied attic
•Multiplex Large, Courtyard
Building
Palette of Zoning Districts
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•3 stories, occupied attic
•Townhouse Large, Courtyard
Building
Use Standards
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Walkable Community Design Standards
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From undeveloped land to neighborhoods and more Iowa City
Thoroughfare Standards
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8 choices
(not counting Gilbert,
Sycamore,
McCollister)
Frontage Standards
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Civic Space Standards
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7 choices
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Frontage Standards
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11 choices
Building Type Standards
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10 choices
Signage Standards
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12 choices
SECTIONOverview of
Regulating Plan 2
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Draft Regulating Plan will be
available for review in mid-
December 2019
Project Timeline and Next Steps
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•April 2019: Project kick-off
•July 2019: Residential Market
Analysis
•November 2019: Public Review of
Initial Draft Form-Based Code
•Early 2020: Public Review of Final
Draft Form-Based Code
•Spring 2020: Planning and Zoning
Commission Meeting, City
Council Public Hearing