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GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS - Fayetteville City Council UDO BriefingFayetteville City Council

Unified Development Ordinance Briefing

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.

August 19, 2009

Report: Angie Hedgepeth

Governmental Affairs Consultant FRAR/HBAR

Present: Mayor Chavonne, Councilwoman Applewhite, Councilmen Bates, Hurst, Crisp and Mohn

Staff: Karen Hilton (Assistant Planning Director)

Rob Anderson (Chief Development Officer)

Craig Hampton (Planner)

Management

Others: Press, Kady Ann Davy (Candidate for City Council District 2), John Gillis

What Happened: Hilton passed out an overview of the major tasks that will take place with the UDO. They are as follows.

a. Text

b. Testing – “calibration” for districts and for local site/development characteristics

c. Processes – Administrative Manual, forms; “publication”;interface with Magnet

d. Mapping – Initially as part of testing, then from January 2010 – July 2010

e. Community Information – Growing awareness; information meetings; hearings

What Was Said:

Hilton – “You won’t see all of the open space. They didn’t put the amount in.”

Bates – “Is it contiguous or 10 square feet in between.”

Hilton – “The open space should be usable. Now is recreational space, clubhouse etc. In the UDO it is very collective and there are at least 4 big parts. 1. Buffers, 2. Streetscape, 3. Required active recreation. There is a series of standards which includes stormwater. It takes in everything.”

Hilton – “Subdivisions don’t change dramatically but guarantees performance (Article 5) the standards are raising the bar.”

Anderson – “The new code is enhancing the project, connectivity and urban design neighborhood developments. There is a point system if you’re doing something expensive. There will be give and take and we are not done with that dialogue. We are not raising the bar unreasonably.”

Hilton – “We will put in place options to earn density that currently people are uncomfortable with.”

Applewhite – “In single family home developments will you be able to cut through and put up condos?”

Hilton – “It is infill we are wrestling with, zero lot line, group development. Less than 3 acres is most uncomfortable and feels intrusive. For zero lot line you have a special process.”

What’s Next:

Hilton said the consulting team of Clarion and Associates will be meeting with the UDO Advisory Committee on September 14^th. The meeting time and location have not been announced but Hilton did say the meeting would be 2.5 hours long.

On September 14^th from 4:30 – 6:00, the consultants will be meeting with the City Council before their regular meeting.