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The central idea behind the reduced standards was to retain existing structures, usually located <br />in the front of the lot, thus maintaining the "old town" look, to take advantage of on-street <br />parking, and to minimize driveway and parking lot paving. This was accomplished by reducing <br />the rear yard setbacks from 30 ft. to 10 ft. for RM (multiple-family) zoned properties, <br />encouraging the placement of new units at the rear of the lot, reducing private open space <br />requirements, deleting group open space requirements, reducing the resident parking standards, <br />deleting all visitor parking requirements, and eliminating covered parking requirements. As <br />shown on the table below, the proposed development would meet or exceed the site <br />development standards of the C-C District. <br /> <br />Residential Density <br /> <br />Floor Area Ratio <br /> <br />Building Height <br /> <br />9 units max. (1,000 sq. ft. min. <br />site area per dwelling unit) <br />300% max. <br /> <br />40 fi. max. <br /> <br />Note: Measured from average grade to <br />mean point between highest roof ridge <br />and corresponding eave <br /> <br />1 unit <br /> <br />39.3% <br /> <br />21 fl. 7in. <br /> <br />Setbacks: <br /> Front (east) - <br /> <br /> South side - <br /> North side - <br /> Rear (west) - <br /> <br />None required <br />None required <br />None required <br />None required <br /> <br />11 ft. 6in. <br />17 fl. 6in. <br />6fl. 4in. <br />40 ft. 6 in. <br /> <br />Staff believes that the applicant's proposed development meets the purposes of the Core Area <br />Overlay District: the retail addition would be placed at the front of the lot and would be <br />constructed to both match as well as be an integral part of the existing residential home, thus <br />maintaining the "old town" streetscape. On-site parking would be located off a single driveway, <br />thus reducing paving and maintaining on-street parking opportunities; and the proposed building <br />height and separation of the new buildings from other neighboring structures would allow it to <br />blend in nicely with the surrounding neighborhood <br /> <br />Overall, staff finds the proposed site layout and density to be functional as well as being <br />sensitive to the adjacent land uses. Additional specialty retail space would become available in <br />the Downtown and would be within walking distance of Main Street, the existing streetscape <br /> <br />PDR-414 <br /> <br /> Planning Commission Staff Report <br />Page - 6 <br /> <br /> <br />