Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending Section 4600.D.15 of the Zoning Ordinance to Revise the Regulations on Reduced Size Lots (OA#18-002B)
Requested Action
To consider the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on November 5, 2018, and voted 7 to 0 to recommend approval.
Description/History
First Reading
On August 6, 2018, the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission held a joint work session with City Council to discuss several amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. As part of that discussion, Staff was directed to draft an amendment revising the regulations in Section 4600.D.15 of the Zoning Ordinance related to reduced size lots.
Section 4600.D.15 currently allows 20 percent of the lots in a single-family residential subdivision of 30 lots or more to be reduced from the minimum zoning district requirements to a minimum lot area of 7,200 square feet and a minimum lot width of 65 feet.
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a discussion on the amendment on October 15, 2018, and a public hearing on November 5, 2018, and recommended approval of the following changes:
Only developments of 100 lots or more may have reduced size lots. This is an increase from current standard of 30 lots or more. In a development with fewer than 100 lots, there will not be a sufficient number of reduced size lots to provide a variety of lot sizes.
The total number of reduced size lots in a development has been reduced from 20 percent to 10 percent.
For developments with SF-12/22, PR, SF-9.6/20 and SF-8.4/18 zoning, any reduced size lot must comply with the next lower zoning district. For example, developments with SF-12/22 zoning may have reduced size lots that comply with the SF-9.6/20 zoning district standards. This method of reduction provides clear standards that the reduced size lots must meet.
Reduced size lots have been eliminated for devel...
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