Tamarac Florida Land Development Code Adoption Meetings June

Tamarac, Florida Land Development Code Adoption Meetings – June 2018 Clarion Associates, LLC In Association with Iler Planning

Presentation Overview • Project Overview • Assessment Report • Overview of the Consolidated Draft – Key contents – What’s new • Questions & Discussion 2

Why Update Tamarac’s Ordinances? • Never been comprehensively updated since initial adoption in 1970 s • Outdated information, hard to use • Not enough tools to implement the Comprehensive Plan • Need better tools – To protect neighborhoods – To encourage new development and economic activity 3

Project Overview 1. Project Initiation, Research, and Analysis 2. Prepare Assessment Report 3. Draft New Land Development Code 4. Draft Targeted Comprehensive Plan Amendments 5. Present Consolidated Draft (June 2018) Adoption to Follow 4

Key Themes for Improvement 1. Ensure the Regulations are User-Friendly 2. Update Zoning Districts and Uses 3. Improve the Development Quality Standards 4. Streamline the Development Review Procedures 5. Prepare Targeted Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan 5

Overall: A More User-Friendly Code

Current Code Format 7

Improved Format 8

New Illustrations 9

Create a Unified Land Development Code Current Structure Primary Code Chapters (7) 10: 11: 12: 18: 20: 21: 24: Land Development Regulations Landscaping Licenses & Business Regulations Signs and Advertising Streets and Sidewalks Subdivisions Zoning Secondary Code Chapters (6) 2: Administration 3: Alcoholic Beverages 5: Buildings and Building Regulations 5. 6: Telecommunications 9: Health, Sanitation, & Nuisances 17: Planning and Development Proposed Structure One Code Chapter Article 1: General Provisions 2: Zoning Districts 3: Use Regulations 4: Development Standards 5: Administration 6: Definitions and Rules of Construction 10

Create a Separate Administrative Manual • Remove technical information – Engineering specifications – Impact fees • Relocate to an administrative manual outside LDC • Amend more easily 11

Drafting the New LDC 1 Administration and Procedures 2 Zoning Districts and Use Regulations 3 • How do I get a project approved? • Are there exceptions? • What can I do on my property? • Where can I do it? • How much / how big? Development Standards • What level of quality is required? • What about redevelopment? 12

Module 1: Administration and Procedures

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Assessment Report said… Initial Observations • Unclear application and review processes • Current practices not reflected • Most decisions go to the Commission Need to: • Standardize review procedures • Clarify decision-making responsibilities • Clearly distinguish city responsibilities (in code) vs. HOA responsibilities (outside code) • Consider requiring early neighborhood notice for major projects 14

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Key Contents • Summary of Development Review Procedures • Goals – Limit the time and cost of review, which supports redevelopment – Be consistent with industry standards – Transparency and predictability 15

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Key Contents • New Common Review Procedures – – – – Pre-Application Staff Conference Pre-Application Neighborhood Meeting Application Submittal and Processing Staff Review and Action Scheduling and Notice of Public Hearings Planning Board Review and Action City Commission Review and Decision Post-Decision Actions and Limitations 16

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Key Contents • Expanded staff-level decisions – Minor Site Plans • (expanded scale/type of development treated as minor) – New Administrative Adjustment procedure for minor deviations from Code requirements – Temporary Use/Structure • Expanded Planning Board decisions – Major Site Plans – Special Exceptions – Variances • City Commission members may file a motion to call up Special Exceptions and Major Site Plans following Planning Board decisions 17

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Key Contents • Require early neighborhood notice and meeting for major developments • Enhanced approval criteria for all application types 18

Module 1: Administration & Procedures Key Contents • Enforcement -- new section to clarify: – – What is a violation Who may be held responsible Enforcement process Penalties and remedies available 19

Module 2: Zoning Districts and Use Regulations Tamarac Official Zoning Map

Module 2: Zoning Districts and Use Regulations Assessment Report said… • Zoning Districts – Too many districts (26 base, 1 overlay) – Lack of attention to redevelopment – Limited housing options – Comprehensive plan concepts not implemented • Use Regulations – Organization of uses is challenging to decipher – Many uses are too broad or too specific – Few tools to allow discretionary review of certain uses in sensitive locations 21

Module 2: Zoning Districts and Use Regulations Key Contents • Simplification of residential districts • Consolidate similar districts • Establish new districts (mixed-use) • Updated all purpose statements and dimensional standards • Removing agriculture district 22

Module 2: Zoning Districts and Use Regulations Key Contents • New use table and organization • All uses defined • Incorporated Ch. 12 uses • More use-specific standards to provide more predictability • More “by-right” uses in place of special exceptions 23

Module 2: Zoning Districts and Use Regulations Consolidated Draft Updates • Self-storage – Integration of city’s newly adopted standards. • Wireless Communication Facilities – Major updates proposed to integrate new legal requirements and also to streamline and eliminate redundancy. 24

Module 3: Development Quality Standards

Module 3: Devel 0 pment Standards Assessment Report said… • Lack of distinct city identity • Stakeholders indicated a need to “raise the bar” • Outdated standards • Few development incentives to encourage extraordinary projects 26

Module 3: Devel 0 pment Standards Key Contents • • • Transportation and Connectivity Off-Street Parking and Loading Landscaping and Tree Preservation Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Multi-Family Residential Site/Building Design Mixed-Use & Nonresidential Site/Building Design Fences, Walls, Hedges Exterior Lighting Signs Subdivision Design 27

Update Site Design Standards • Enhanced landscaping requirements – Buffers and screening • Improved access, circulation, and parking standards – Intersection requirements – Connectivity • Incorporate sustainability measures – Low impact development – Energy-efficient lighting 28

Upgrade Building Design Standards • Updated multi-family residential design standards – New standards apply more broadly – Address both site layout and building design – Building mass and articulation, etc. • New mixed-use & nonresidential design standards – Use good design features in new Walmart Neighborhood Market as foundation – Address both site layout and building design 29

Module 3: Devel 0 pment Standards Consolidated Draft Updates • Site and Building Design – In both sections, removed prior distinction of standards versus guidelines, which comments indicated was confusing and would be challenging to enforce. All provisions now are drafted as required standards. • Signs – Removed additional content-based language and suggested new content-neutral alternatives. 30

Next Steps • Preparation of Adoption Staff – Removal of all footnotes and commentary – Additional text edits (esp. wireless section) • Public Hearings – – 6/26/2018: 6 PM @ Tamarac Community Center 6/27/2018: First Reading 9 AM 7/11/2018: Adoption 2 d Reading New code is applicable 7/12/2018 • New code effective date July 12, 2018 31

Questions and Discussion

Tamarac, Florida Land Development Code Adoption Meetings – June 2018 Clarion Associates, LLC In Association with Iler Planning