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CommUNITY2020 E/VCCreation of Unified Development Ordinance
for Evansville & Vanderburgh CountyPublic Meeting | 11 June 2019
Agenda
• Introduction• Photo Comparisons• Why are We Doing This and How?• What does the E/VC Comprehensive Plan Say?• What are the goals of this process?• Public Input & Next Steps
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PHOTO COMPARISONS
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WHAT DO ALL THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON?
What is Driving Zoning Changes?
• Change in demographics• Multi-modal transportation• Emphasis on design• Economic development financing and restructuring• Changes in communications• Technological advances (energy, internet, autonomous vehicles)• Need for flexibility and the ability to adapt
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WHY ARE WE DOING THIS & HOW?
Why are We Doing This?
Objective I:
To create a Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO) that combines the Zoning Ordinance
and Subdivision Regulations
Objective II:
Align the Ordinance with the 2015-2035
Comprehensive Plan.
Objective III:
Streamline and simplify the Ordinance to make
it user friendly.
Objective IV:
Increase predictability, flexibility, and clarity
for any type of development.
What is Zoning?
• Protect the health, safety, and welfare
• A tool that towns and cities use to govern “uses” and regulate where certain development occurs and how it looks
• Residential, commercial, industrial
• IC 36-7-4-600 series
What are Subdivision Regulations?
• A process involving the division of land that is designed to allow adequate street access, drainage, and utilities to the development
• The creation of parcels based on size requirements, shape, and access to roadways
• IC 36-7-4-700 series
History
Evansville City Plan Commission was created
1921
Adoption of the first city zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan
1925
Vanderburgh County Plan Commission was established
1940
First zoning code adopted for Vanderburgh County
1945
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Plan Commission was established
1955
Evansville-Vanderburgh Comprehensive Plan was developed by the Plan Commission
1st Subdivision Standards were Adopted for City & County
1957
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Comprehensive Plans were developed/updated
1983 & 2014
April – June ‘19 June – Sept. ‘19 Sept. ‘19 – Sept. -20 Sept. ‘20 – Feb. ‘21
DISCOVERY ADOPTIONDRAFTINGAUDIT
Project Management
Public Input
Project Task Force
Kick Off
Comprehensive Plan Review
Ordinance Review
Issues/Needs Identification
Revise Draft
APC Hearing
County Commissioners Hearing
Evansville City Council Hearing
Final UDO
Table of Contents
Creation of Modules
Review Meetings
UDO Draft
Public Meetings
Framework Discussion (Public Input)
Analyze Ordinances
Diagnosis Memorandum
Diagnosis Memorandum Presentation
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WHAT DOES THE E/VC 2015-2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAY?
Evansville & Vanderburgh County Zoning Map
Comprehensive Plan
“To address urban sprawl, or outward growth, the Plan stresses contiguous development which minimizes the loss of agricultural land, creates more efficient use of infrastructure, and increases the stability of certain uses in the City. Besides stressing infill and urban core revitalization, the Plan recommends a focus on those existing commercial areas that are struggling outside of the core by incorporating mixed use into these areas; and the Plan strongly discourages the rezoning of new land when significant vacant areas are available with the correct zoning for the proposed use.”
What Guidance does the Comprehensive Plan give about Zoning?
Agricultural uses should be in agricultural zones and residential uses should be in
residential zones.
What Guidance does the Comprehensive Plan give about Zoning?
Direct new commercial development into existing, underutilized commercial areas before rezoning new land.
Create flexibility and sustain compact older commercial areas that serve residential needs. Allow for pop up stores, food trucks, outdoor seating at restaurants, and other similar activities which create vibrant places within certain areas/zoning district.
What Guidance does the Comprehensive Plan give about Zoning?
When new or redeveloped industrial sites occur adjacent to sensitive uses and areas, consider potential environmental impacts and encourage an appropriate design context.
What Guidance does the Comprehensive Plan give about Zoning?
Establish landscaping incentives/requirements in the development process.
What Guidance does the Comprehensive Plan give about Zoning?
Include more walkable and transit-oriented designs within the community.
APC & BZA Request & Approvals
2016
Total requests: 185Total approved: 177
2017
Total requests: 196Total approved: 179
2018
Total requests: 243Total approved: 217
2019*
Total requests: 27Total approved: 17
* As of March, 2019
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WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THIS PROCESS?
Goals of the UDO Process
• Incorporate more graphics, pictures, and tables to explain information• Modernize zoning districts and uses• Reorganize the ordinance so things are easier to find• Simplify the ordinance language so it's clear and easy to read• Improve quality of development• Implement the 2015 – 2035 Evansville-Vanderburgh County
Comprehensive Plan
Incorporate more Graphics, Pictures, and Tables to Explain Information
Modernize Zoning Districts and Uses
Reorganize the Ordinance so it is Easier to Navigate
Simplify Ordinance Language so it is Clear and Easy to ReadCurrent Language: 17.12.150 Nonconforming Uses.Within the zoning districts of this title or by amendments which may later be adopted, there exist nonconforming structures; nonconforming uses of land; nonconforming uses of land and structures in combination; and nonconforming characteristics of uses which lawfully exist as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, but which would be prohibited, regulated, or restricted under the terms of this title or future amendments thereto. It is the intent of this title to permit these nonconforming uses to continue until they are removed, but not to encourage their survival. It is further the intent of this title that nonconforming uses shall not be enlarged upon, expanded, or extended, nor be used as grounds for adding other uses or structures which are prohibited elsewhere in the same zoning district. Note: illegal uses existing at the time the ordinance codified in this title is enacted shall not be validated by virtue of its enactment.
Simplify Ordinance Language so it is Clear and Easy to ReadSimplified Language: 17.12.150 Nonconforming Uses.A legal nonconforming use is a use existing legally at the time of the passage of this Ordinance, or the time of annexation into the Evansville, which does not, because of use, conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located. A use established after the passage of this Ordinance, which does not conform to regulations of the district in which it is located, shall be considered an illegal nonconforming use and is a violation of this Ordinance. Legal nonconforming uses of land or structures may continue only in accordance with all the following provisions.
Improve the Quality of Development
Implement the 2015 –2035 Evansville-
Vanderburgh County Comprehensive Plan
Next Steps
• Zoning & Subdivision Ordinance Analysis for Evansville & Vanderburgh County
• Diagnosis Memo• Meeting & Input into Diagnosis Memo
Public Input
Thank You For Your Input!
To follow along in the process visit www.community2020evc.com for more info.
CommUNITY2020 E/VCCreation of Unified Development Ordinance for Evansville & Vanderburgh County