Agenda Date: 02/17/2015
Subject:
Title
Ordinance on second reading amending title 10 of the city code regarding minimum lot size standards in the CA Zone District.
Body
Presented By:
Glen Van Nimwegen, AICP, Director of Community Development
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support amending the city code to modify the minimum lot size standards for residential uses in the CA District?
BACKGROUND:
The CA, Central Area Multiple Use District, defines the downtown business district and promotes a mix of residential, retail, service, office, amusements, and associated commercial and business uses. The CA District allows high density multiple-family residential developments at a density of 75.75 dwelling-units per acre (du/ac). This density may be increased to a maximum of 100 du/ac with approval of a planned development overlay. The maximum density for commercial development is 5:1 floor area ratio. However, more restrictive standards apply to lower-density development such as single-family detached and attached:
Minimum Lot Size
Density
Single Family Detached
5,500 sq. ft.
7.9 du/ac
Single Family Attached
(duplex or triplex)
3,250 sq.ft.
13.4 du/ac
Multiple Family
(4 or more units)
575 sq.ft.
75.75 du/ac
STAFF ANALYSIS:
Property owners in the residential developed portions of the downtown area are constructing duplexes and triplexes. City staff has received requests to divide the properties so the units may be sold individually on separate lots instead of as condominium ownership. Many of the residential lots in the CA District are 6,000 sq.ft.or less. Per the existing requirements, a duplex or triplex may be built on one lot under one ownership. However, since two or three separate lots will not meet the minimum lot size requirement of 3,250 sq.ft., the owner is prohibited from dividing the lot and creating a separate lot for each unit. Staff believes this restriction is unreasonable since the physical devel...
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