Residential Zoning Changes Adopted

Over the summer, City Council voted to enact two Ordinances (2110 and 2114) that created new, residential zoning regulations for the Residential 2 (R2) and Residential 3 (R3) zone districts. These changes affect all single-household and multi-household development in the R2 zone district, but will be specifically limited to single-household and two-household developments in the R3 zone district. A brief summary of the regulations include the following:

• All properties affected by these regulations will be required to satisfy a 50% maximum lot coverage regulation.
• All redevelopment and new development will be required to construct a front porch element that orients the building entrance to the adjacent right-of-way. Corner lots will be given the flexibility of choosing their desired primary frontage to construct the porch element.
• To reduce the vertical bulk of new construction and pop-tops, all properties affected will be required to satisfy the vertical bulk plane restrictions, also known as a graduated setback. Corner lots will be given the flexibility of choosing their desired primary frontage to apply the vertical bulk plane restrictions.
• A 35’ maximum building height will be eliminated from the R2 and R3 zone districts except in instances for the R3 zone district where lot sizes are larger (min. 10,500 square feet) and greater side property line setbacks are required.