Unified Land Development Code Update 2012

1. Unified Land Development CodeUpdate 2012 Public Workshop March 20, 2012

2. Recent Activity • EAR-based Comprehensive Plan update adopted April 5, 2011 • Working with Revised Code since 2006 – clarifications and updates needed • Legislative changes

3. Process for Updating the ULDC • Board workshops to discuss working drafts • Workshops with community organizations or citizens as requested • Met with Builders Association representatives and attend monthly meetings • Grow Gainesville, Rural Concerns, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee • Request to advertise • Two Public Hearings

4. Board/Public Workshops • August 9, 2011 • October 11, 2011 • January 10, 2012 • February 28, 2012 • March 6, 2012 • March 20, 2012

5. Previous Workshop on 2/28 • Reviewed Chapters 400-404 • Chapter 400 – General Provisions • Chapter 401 – Development Review Bodies • Chapter 402 – Development Application Review Procedures • Chapter 403 – Zoning Districts • Chapter 404 – Use Regulations

6. Previous Workshop on 3/06 • Chapter 405- Special Districts and Activity Centers • Chapter 406 – Natural and Historic Resources • Chapter 408 – Nonconformities • Chapter 409 – Violations, Penalties, and Enforcement • Chapter 410 – Definitions

7. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 1 Setbacks, Height and Other Standards • Section 407.01 Principal Building on Lot – Clarified language • Section 407.02 Permitted Building Area • The principal building or buildings on any lot or parcel…

8. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 1 Setbacks, Height and Other Standards • Section 407.05 Allowable Projections Allowance for canopies, marquees, awnings or for zero-lot-line developments to extend over sidewalks, county rights-of-way, or other property. • Section 407.05 (b) Changed projection of ingress/egress steps or ramps from three feet to four feet to meet ADA requirements.

9. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 2 Parking, Loading and Stacking • Section 407.19 (d) -Added ADA language • Section 407.19(e) – Added language to not require wheel stops for temporary grass parking except where necessary to protect natural resources • Section 407.21(b) Parking Schedule • Added language requiring any parking spaces in excess of the required number must be pervious or semi-pervious.

10. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 3 – Signs - article reformatted • Deleted sections 407.36 and 407.36.5 Mixed Use and TND/TOD Sign standards (now in Non-residential) • Section 407.34 Signs Allowed for Nonresidential Development • 407.34(a)2. Changed allowance for freestanding signs in Activity Centers and mixed use planned developments from one sign per 400 feet of frontage to one sign per driveway connection • 407.34(a)3. Reduced the separation requirement between signs from 300 feet to 250 feet.

11. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 4 Landscaping • Reorganized for clarity • Section 407.43(c)5. deleted “shrubs at variety of heights • Section 407.43.1(c) Landscaping in Paved Ground Surface Areas : • Section 407.43.1 (c) 3. Old - one tree per 10 spaces • Deleted new language of a minimum of 40 square feet of landscaped area per parking space – just meet 50% canopy requirement

12. Same parking lot (Live oak)Credited in the code with a 45’ crown at 20 years 21’ wide island 20” trunk diameter 46’ wide crown 9’ wide island 9” trunk diameter 26’ wide crown

13. Same parking lot (Live oak)Credited in the code with a 45’ crown at 20 years 7.5’ wide island 14” trunk diameter 34’ wide crown Island backs up to open area 18” trunk diameter 50’ wide crown

14. Same parking lot (Shumard oak)Credited in the code with a 30’ crown at 20 years 13.5’ wide island 13” trunk diameter 34’ wide crown 4’ wide island 6” trunk diameter 14’ wide crown

15. Chinese elmCredited in the code with a 45’ crown at 20 years 5’ wide island 5” trunk diameter 12’ wide crown

16. 6’ wide island 4’ wide island

17. Other Counties in Florida • St. Johns County • 15’ wide • required for every 100’ of unbroken pavement • Hillsborough County • 17’ wide if island is not abutting perimeter green space • 6’ wide if island is abutting perimeter green space • required for every 10 spaces in a row • Indian River County • 12’ wide • 144sf and minimum • 12% of parking must be green space • Lake County • 12’ wide minimum • 300 sf minimum space • Leon County • 12’ wide • 400sf green space per 5,000sf VUA

18. Chapter 407 Development Standards Section 407.46 Required Irrigation • Changed irrigation requirements to only apply to required landscaping and only require a temporary irrigation system. • Require irrigation plans to be submitted with the landscaping plans if the irrigation is going to be permanent. • Require use of reclaimed water where available and encourage rainwater or stormwater reuse for irrigation • Require trees to have individual low flow or micro-irrigation supplies and for the irrigation to be discontinued once the trees or other plant materials are established

19. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Table 407.50.1 Appropriate Tree Plantings • Reduced all the 20 foot minimum tree planting areas to 12 feet

20. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 5 Open Space • Section 407.54 (c) TNDs, TODs, and Mixed-Use Developments • Deleted Quality Mixed-Use Developments • Combined regulations for open space for TNDs, TODs and Mixed Use Developments into one place.

21. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Section 407.55 Designation of Open Space • Added the word “primary” to modify open space that shall be connected with other open space when protection of the resources can be maintained • Section 407.55(b)1 Deleted the word contiguous and replaced it with connected

22. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 6 Performance Standards – no changes • Fumes, glare, noise, Industrial standards • Article 7 TND and TOD • Major change in this article was to move language from Section 407.70 Open Space, Civic Space and Landscaping to Article 4 Landscaping and Article 5 Open Spaceto consolidate regulations for all developments.

23. Article 8 - Subdivision Regulations • Section 407.73(f)1 Clarified language concerning parent tracts that are divided once without having to comply with the subdivision regulations. • Section 407.77(b)1.a.vii. Added common renewable energy systems to the list of permitted uses in open space areas for Rural/Agriculture Clustered Subdivisions. • Section 407.83 Plat Document Requirements • added amount of the required surety and acceptable documentation • Section 407.86(c)2. a. Clarified language for which documents are required to be submitted when an applicant is requesting the County to take over the maintenance of a facility

24. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 9 Stormwater Management • No major changes – just clarifications • Article 10 Building Design • No changes

25. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 11 Potable Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Service • Section 407.109 • DRC may authorize an exception for connection to centralized water and sewer for certain non-residential uses and for new residential uses designated Estate Residential on the Future Land Use Map. • This clarification is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. • Section 407.109(d) Granting of Exceptions • Deleted requirement to install dry lines • Added requirements use low-flow plumbing fixtures and use the St. John’s River Water Management District’s Water Star standards.

26. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 11 Potable Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Service • Section 407.116.5 Reclaimed Water Supply • Added requirement that all new developments within GRU’s reclaimed water service area shall provide reclaimed water to areas to be irrigated within the development • Purpose is to encourage water conservation and require the use of the lowest acceptable quality source of water for landscape irrigation (reclaimed water).

27. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 12 Concurrency Standards • Section 407.118 (d) 5 • Added list of types of residential development that are exempt from concurrency requirements for public school facilities.

28. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 13 Access Management • Section 407.133 Required Information • Clarified information required for all driveway connection permits • Section 407.136 Other Access Management Considerations • Added requirement that all left-turn storage lanes, at a minimum must include the addition of paved shoulders and a full-width asphalt overlay

29. Chapter 407 Development Standards • Article 13 Access Management • Section 407.141 (e) Minimum Design and Construction Standards for Streets and Drainage Systems • added more roadway classifications to provide more variability in required pavement thickness. • Section 407.141(g) Drainage Systems • 6. Roadside Swales • Added new requirements for open drainage systems (roadside swales) • Section 407.141(i) Intersection Design • 4. Roundabouts and 5. Signal • Added language for roundabouts and when a signal is proposed to provide standards for current practice

30. Chapter 407 Development Standards • New Article 14 Lighting Standards • Added section on athletic field lighting that would now apply to any athletic field not just fields associated with educational facilities

31. Contact Information • For questions, comments or suggestions: • Alachua County Department of Growth Management • (352) 374-5249 • planning@alachuacounty.us