zoning code presentation to alcoa, by chris duerksen, clarion associates
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Presentation by Chris Duerksen, of Clarion Associates, in Alcoa TN, September 1 2015TRANSCRIPT
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Town Center Mixed-Use Development: Key Zoning Code Issues and Options
Presented By: Christopher [email protected]
September 2015Alcoa, Tennessee
US EPA/Smart Growth America Technical Assistance for Sustainable Communities Building Blocks
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PlanET Town CenterMixed Use Development
Encourage development of dynamic town centers in small cities
Goals:– Grow more efficiently– Create more walking and
bicycling opportunities– Redevelop vacant and
underutilized land– Embrace new housing types
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Mixed Use Town Center Development Across The Nation
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Mixed Use Development In The Knoxville Region
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Alcoa West Plant Site Development Preliminary Plans
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Current Mixed Use Zoning Regulations in Alcoa
E-3 Mixed Use District: – Mixed use buildings
allowed by right– Reduced setbacks– Ped-friendly facades
required– Parking to side/rear
Other zoning code provisions suburban-oriented (parking, landscaping, buffering)
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KEY MIXED USE ZONING CODE ISSUES
REVAMP ZONE DISTRICTS
MIXING OF USES
HIGH-ACTIVITYSTREET-
LEVEL USESACCESSORY
USESTEMPORARY
USESINTENSITY/
DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENTSTANDARDS
DESIGNSTANDARDS
COMPATIBILITY
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KEY MIXED USE ZONING CODE ISSUES: TOWN CENTER ZONING
Amend E-3 zone district
Adopt new town center zone district
PUD/Negotiated development
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KEY MIXED USE ZONING CODE ISSUES: MIX OF USES
Allow variety of uses by right
Encourage high-activity non-residential uses at street level.
Discourage auto-oriented uses in town center core
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KEY ISSUES: INTENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
Allow increased residential density
Permit buildings up to four-to-six stories in core
Reduce front and side yard setbacks
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KEY ISSUES: DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS
Access and circulation
Off-street parking/parking structures
Building design standards
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KEY ISSUES: NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY
Site least intense uses near existing residential
Use transitional design standards to reduce visual impacts
Control outdoor activities and uses near existing neighborhoods