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CommUNITY2020 E/VCCreation of Unified Development Ordinance for
Evansville & Vanderburgh CountyTask Force Meeting 3 | 12 August 2019
URBAN DESIGN + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + PLANNINGRUNDELL ERNSTBERGER ASSOCIATES
John Molitor, Attorney at Law
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AGENDAAdvisory Task Force Meeting 3 I Evansville & Vanderburgh County, Indiana Unified Development Code
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AGENDA• What We Heard At The Public Meetings
• Picking Up Where We Left Off• [New Topics included]
• Discussion
• Next Steps
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RECAPAdvisory Task Force Meeting 3 I Evansville & Vanderburgh County, Indiana Unified Development Code
Approach
Project Management
Public Input
Project Task Force
Kick Off
Comprehensive Plan Review
Ordinance Review
Issues/Needs Identification
DISCOVERY DRAFTING ADOPTION
Framework Discussion (Public Input)
Analyze Ordinances
Diagnosis Memorandum
Diagnosis Memorandum Presentation
Table of Contents
Creation of Modules
Review Meetings
UDO Draft
Public Meetings
Revise Draft
APC Hearing
County Commissioners Hearing
Evansville City Council Hearing
Final UDO
AUDIT
April – June ‘19 June – Sept. ‘19 Sept. ‘19 – Sept. ‘20 Sept. – Feb. ‘21
ADVISORY TASK FORCE MEETING 2 | Evansville/Vanderburgh County, IN
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• Organizational changes• Simplify ordinance
language• Use of graphics• Use of tables• Streamlined processes
Outcomes of the Process
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• Parking issues• Aging in place• Single-family homes splits and
conversions to multi-family• Lot size requirements outside of
the city• Residential standards• Sign concerns• Aesthetic improvements• Rules and procedures update
• Solar and wind regulations• Improve residential
neighborhood connectivity• Preservation of older
neighborhoods • Bike lanes, trails, better/more
sidewalks; inclusion of sidewalks in all subdivision developments
• Drainage and stormwater management
What We Heard At The Public Meetings
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• Image/link to website/survey monkey
Online Input
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PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFFAdvisory Task Force Meeting 3 I Evansville & Vanderburgh County, Indiana Unified Development Code
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Are there elements of the zoning ordinance that do not work.• Districts & Standards• Parking• Signage• Landscaping, Screening, and Buffers• Other areas?
Discussion Topics
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• Refer to Handout for Districts & Descriptions
Districts
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District Maximum Height (feet)
Minimum Lot Size (S.F.)
Minimum Width (ft.)
Minimum Front Yard
(ft.)
Minimum Side Yard (ft.)
Minimum Side Yard on a Street Side of a Corner
Lot (ft.)
Minimum Rear Yard (ft.) Lot Coverage Green Space
Required
A 35 6,000 60 25 5 10 25 30%
100% FRONT
YARD IN ALL
ZONES
R-1 35 6,000 60 25 5 10 25 30%
R-2 35 5,000 50 25 5 10 25 40%
R-3 35 5,000 50 20 5 10 20 40%
R-4 40 5,000 50 20 5 10 20 40%
R-5 150 5,000 50 20 5 10 20 40%
Zoning Districts: Residential
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Zoning Districts: Residential
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District Maximum Height (feet)
Minimum Lot Size (S.F.)
Minimum Width (ft.)
Minimum Front Yard
(ft.)
Minimum Side Yard (ft.)
Minimum Side Yard on a Street Side of a Corner
Lot (ft.)
Minimum Rear Yard (ft.) Lot Coverage Green Space
Required
CO-1 35 6,000 60 20 5 10 NONE 40%
100% FRONT
YARD IN ALL
ZONES
CO-2 35 6,000 60 20 5 10 NONE 40%
C-1 35 NONE NONE 10 5 10 NONE 75%
C-2 50 NONE NONE 10 NONE 5 NONE 75%
C-3 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
C-4 50 NONE NONE 10 NONE 5 NONE 75%
Zoning Districts: Commerical
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District Maximum Height (feet)
Minimum Lot Size (S.F.)
Minimum Width (ft.)
Minimum Front Yard
(ft.)
Minimum Side Yard (ft.)
Minimum Side Yard on a Street Side of a Corner
Lot (ft.)
Minimum Rear Yard (ft.) Lot Coverage Green Space
Required
M-1 NONE NONE NONE 10 NONE 5 NONE 75%100%
FRONT YARD IN
ALL ZONES
M-2 NONE NONE NONE 10 NONE 5 NONE 75%
M-3 NONE NONE NONE 10 NONE 5 NONE 75%
Zoning Districts: Industrial
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18.125.110 Use Group 8.List of uses permitted in the C-2, C-3, C-4, M-1, M-2, and AIR districts, which meet the requirements and restrictions of those zones:Retail stores specializing in the sale or rental of any of the following:• Antiques;• Automobile new parts, equipment, and
accessories;• Bicycles or mopeds;• Carpets;• Drugstores, with a total area greater than
3,000 square feet;
• Electrical and plumbing fixtures;• Household furnishings, including large
appliances and furniture;• Ice;• Lawnmowers;• Office equipment and furniture;• Package liquor stores;• Paint;• Pawnshop;• Pets or pet supplies;• Rugs and floor coverings;• Shrubbery or plants.
Zoning Districts: Uses
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Zoning Districts: Uses
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Zoning Districts
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Zoning Districts
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Use Group 5.• Nursery, nursery school, child care center: one space for each
six children, plus one space for each two employees of the largest working shift, plus one space for each company vehicle.
• All other listed uses: one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
Use Group 6.• Group home/community residential facility: one space for each
three residents plus one space for each staff member of the largest working shift.
• Sorority and fraternity: one and one-half spaces for each two beds.
Parking: Amount
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• Parking minimum• Parking maximum• Parking design
Parking: Amount
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18.135.070 Joint Uses.• An off-street parking area for one use may be included in the requirements for
another use if the Area Plan Commission determines that the periods of usage are not concurrent.
• Theaters and churches may reduce the off-street parking facilities by the number of spaces available in commercial or industrial parking areas within 500 feet of the theater or church, if the areas are not used during theater and church usage hours.
Parking: Sharing
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• Shared parking standards• Parking credits (shared vehicles, electric vehicle, bicycle, public, on-street)• Parking study• Autonomous vehicles
Parking: Sharing
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Parking: Access
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Parking: Access
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Signage
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• Recent Supreme Court Cases: Reed v. – Content neutral
• Consistent regulations between similar uses
• Use more graphics• Simplify language
SignageExample
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Signage Example
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C. All junkyards, salvage yards, storage yards, outside storage areas, commercial vehicle and equipment parking lots, scrap yards, scrap metal reduction operations, garbage reduction operations, or similar operations to any of the above shall be completely enclosed with an opaque fence not less than eight feet high. This fencing requirement is mandatory for all storage areas for inoperable vehicles or inoperable equipment in conjunction with repair shops or similar operations when such storage areas abut residential areas or are visible from public thoroughfares.
Landscape, Screening, & Buffers
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A. Interior parking area green space shall be provided in landscaped islands, bumpouts and/or strips within all new surface parking areas or expansions of existing parking areas having 30 or more parking spaces to reduce the visual and environmental impact…
1. Parking lots shall provide one landscaped island for every 15 parking spaces…
2. The minimum size of a landscaped island that can be applied towards these requirements shall be 136 square feet. The minimum dimension for an island without a tree is 6 feet…
Landscape: Parking
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Landscape, Screening, & Buffers Example• Foundation & Fence/Wall
Landscape• Perimeter Landscape• Parking Lot Landscape• Buffer Yards• Site Element Landscape• Street Trees
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• Improve aesthetics of a property and community
• Vegetation and fencing can preserve or protect property from nuisances
• Visually separate and/or screen adjacent uses that are not compatible.
• Protect property values
Landscape, Screening, & Buffers
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Landscape: Parking Example
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Landscape: Parking Example
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DAY 2: AGENDAAdvisory Task Force Meeting 3 I Evansville & Vanderburgh County, Indiana Unified Development Code
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AGENDA• Picking Up Where We Left Off
• Subdivisions
• Design
• Environmental
• Administration & Rules of Procedure
• Prioritization
• Next Steps
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• Agriculture (A) District matches Residential (R-1) District
• Create separation between A and R-1 Districts
Subdivisions: Agriculture
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(1) “Subdivision, major” means all subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions including, but not limited to, subdivisions of three or more lots, or any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of the local governmental facilities, or the creation of any public improvements.
(2) “Subdivision, minor” means any subdivision containing not more than two lots fronting on, or having access to, an existing street, not including creating any new street or road, or the extension of municipal facilities, or the creation of any public improvements, and not adversely affecting the remainder of the parcel for adjoining property, and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the comprehensive plan, thoroughfare plan, zoning code, or these regulations.
Subdivisions: Major and Minor
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• Potential solution to keeping agricultural land from be developed is to increase lot minimum size
Subdivisions: Example
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18.150.030 Classification of thoroughfares.These thoroughfare and building setbacks apply regardless of zoning classification.
(B) Major Arterial. The following streets are included in the major arterial classification:(1) From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be 90 feet.(2) From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be 75 feet.
(C) Minor Arterial. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be 70 feet.
(D) Collector. From the centerline of the thoroughfare the total setback shall be 60 feet.
Design: Thoroughfare Plan
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17.05.150 Required improvements.(B) Curbs, Gutters, and Sidewalks.
(2) Sidewalks(a) The subdivider must provide sidewalks for all streets within and bounding the
subdivision, except where this requirement is specifically waived or modified by the Area Plan Commission or the Subdivision Review Committee in the case of minor subdivisions, and, where required herein, the Board of Public Works…
(b) Sidewalks and alternative walkways must conform to the standards adopted by the Board of Public Works or its successor and to all applicable standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the regulations thereunder.(i) Sidewalks must conform to the established location and width of existing sidewalks within the same block, but must not be less than four feet in width.(ii) In commercial and other congested areas, the Area Plan Commission, or the Subdivision Review Committee in the case of a minor subdivision, may require sidewalks of greater width constructed adjacent to the curb.(iii) The subdivider must provide a plan showing the location of each sidewalk, ADA compliant ramp, and alternative walkway, if any.
Design: Pedestrian Amenities
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• Encourage or require street trees• Minimize curb cuts• Encourage shared access drives• Provide pedestrian and bicycle
connections to adjacent properties
• Minimize parking in front of the primary façade
• Permit narrower roadways in residential districts
Design: Streetscape Example
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• Façade Articulation – Vertical and horizontal
• Limiting primary structural materials
• Minimum transparency on ground floors
• Public access to front façade• Front Façade Landscaping
Design: Architectural Standards
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Reflect existing scale and pattern
• Setbacks• Massing• Street treatment• Parking location• Access management
Design: Infill
Incompatible
Compatible
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Environmental: Floodplain18.110.010 Floodway (F-1) district.(A) Uses in the F-1 District without a Permit. A building or land may be used, and a building may beerected or altered, in an F-1 district for one or more of the following uses if a permit is not required bythe State Natural Resources Commission:
(1) Agricultural uses, including crop production, pastures, orchards, nurseries, and vineyards;
(2) Forestry, wildlife areas, and nature preserves;(3) Parks;(4) Recreational areas, including golf courses and driving ranges.
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• Floodways versus floodplains?• Floodplain District?
Environmental: Floodplain
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Environmental: Green Infrastructure
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Environmental: Wind & Solar• Current ordinances lack
standards for renewable energy production.
• Should it be included in the UDO?
• Personal energy production• Regional energy production
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Environmental: Wind Example
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Environmental: Solar ExampleCommon practices of Solar energy ordinances• Permit by right as an accessory use.• Outside of historic districts, solar panels
should not be screened to avoid limiting potential or even installation
• Permit solar as a primary use as a conditional or special use
• Create a mechanism to protect the ability of a existing solar farms to continue. New development should not block valuable sunlight to the farm.
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• Check with John to see if he has recommendations (Cynthia)
Administration & Rules of Procedures
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• Parking• Administrative processes• Lot splits• Etc…• May have to do on the fly…based
on meeting comments that need immediate fixes
• Make this a polleverywhereranking slide?
Prioritization of Issues
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NEXT STEPSAdvisory Task Force Meeting 3 I Evansville & Vanderburgh County, Indiana Unified Development Code
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NEXT STEPSThis Week• Project Website:
www.community2020evc.com• Community Survey• Attorney Focus Group Meeting• Meeting with the Mayor• Meeting with Department Heads• Meeting with City Council
Coming Up Next • Finished Detailed Analysis of Ordinances• Presentation of Detailed Analysis of Ordinance
• Task Force Meeting – October 29• Public Meeting – October 29 & 30
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THANK YOU!!!
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URBAN DESIGN + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + PLANNINGRUNDELL ERNSTBERGER ASSOCIATES
John Molitor, Attorney at Law
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