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/ <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commissioners <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Michael F..Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinato^^^^^ <br />February 10,1999 <br />Subject: Proposed Zoning Amendment: Eliminate LR-lC-1 50% Density Credit <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Draft /\mendment: Options 1 and 2 <br />B - Sections 10.25 and 10.26: LR-IC and LR-lC-1 Zoning Standards <br />C - Letters from Area Residents <br />D - Comprehensive Plan Excerpts <br />• E - LR-lC-1 Zoning Maps <br />F - Map of Areas Notified of Hearing by Mail <br />G - Public Hearing Notice <br />H Staff Memos and Exhibits of 5-8-98 and 11-6-98 <br />Background <br />The City Council adopted an interim moratorium in May 1998 temporarily suspending use of the <br />50% density credit in the LR-lC-1 zoning subdistrict. This moratorium was established due to a <br />development proposal that Council believed would add too much traffic to the local streets, and <br />would add to the high volume of traffic that is already overburdening County Road 15. <br />The properties zoned LR-1C-1 are located along County Road 15 in Navarre and adjacent to marinas <br />on County Road 51 on Maxwell Bay. The existing neighborhoods surrounding these areas were <br />developed prior to the City's adoption of zoning regulations, and are generally developed much more <br />intensely than would be allowed under the current zoning regulations. The City Council is <br />concerned that the current density credit language does not provide sufficient discretion to the City <br />to ensure a development is planned in such a way that it provides sufficient open space, landscaping <br />and access options to somewhat balance the intensity of the surrounding development and minimize <br />the traffic impacts. Due to these concerns, the City Council has asked the Planning Commission to <br />review the LR-lC-1 standards, hold a public hearing, and make a recommendation regarding <br />elimination of the 50% density credit. <br />LR-lC-1 Standards <br />The only difference between the LR-IC Single Family Lakeshore Residential District (1/2 acre <br />minimum, i.e. 2 units per acre) and the LR-lC-1 Subdistrict, is the LR-lC-1 allowance for a 50% <br />density credit, i.e. up to 3 units per acre. To get the credit, development must proceed as a Planned <br />Residential Development (PRD), and all units must be attached (groups of 2, 3 or 4 units) in order <br />to gain the credit. Additional requirements must be met regarding sanitary sewer, hardcover, building <br />size and location, vehicle ingress and egress, parking, and overall density.