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Agenda 05-10-05 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Workshop Meeting Tuesday May 10th, 2005 Commission Chambers Boynton Beach 5:30 P.M. I. Call to Order II. Approval of the Agenda III. New Business A. Consideration of the Urban Commercial Overlay Plan. IV. Adjournment Annette's Shares Z:ICRA AgendalCRA Agendas 2005ICRA Agenda workshop May 10, 2005.doc Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Community Redevelopment Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. The CRA shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in and enjoy the benefits of a service, program, or activity conducted by the CRA. Please contact Douglas Hutchinson at 561-737-3256 at least twenty-four hours prior to the program or activity in order for the CRA to reasonably accommodate your request. BOYNTON BEACH CRA WORKSHOP BOYNTON BEACH Requested CR\ Date Final Materials 'lust be Meetin!!. Dates Turned into CR,\ Office December 28, 2004 (Noon) Requested CRA Meetin!!. Dates 0 July 12,2005 0 August 9, 2005 0 September 13,2005 0 October II, 2005 0 November 8, 2005 0 December 13,2005 0 Old Business 0 New Business 0 January 11,2005 0 Februal) 8, 2005 0 !\larch 8,2005 0 April 12,2005 . May 10, 2005 0 June] 4.2005 January 25, 2005 (Noon) February 22, 2005 (Noon) March 29, 2005 (~oon) April 26, 2005 (:-':oon) May 31,2005 (Noon) NATURE OF AGENDA ITEM o Consent Agenda o Director's Report DATE: May 3, 2005 Date Final Materials Must be Turned into CRA Office June 28, 2005 (Noon) July 26, 2005 (Noon) August 30, 2005 (Noon) September 27, 2005(Noon) October 25, 2005 (Noon) November 29,2005 (Noon) o o . Legal Future Agenda Items Other Item - Workshop SUBJECT SUMMARY PARAGRAPH: Consideration of City initiated Urban Commercial District Overlay RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Overlay with the following changes: 1. Add the Seacrest corridor from Boynton Beach Blvd. to Martin Luther King Blvd. 2. Add the Martin Luther King Blvd. 3. Revise the parking requirements for developments along Martin Luther King Blvd. to meet City parking code requirements for commercial and mixed-use zoning districts. 4. Revise the front set-back along Martin Luther King Blvd. to align with the Overlay setback of 5 to 15 feet EXPLANATION: (Background of the issue: Who, What, Where, When, How, Etc.) At the April 2005 Board Meeting, City Planning staff requested the approval of an Urban Commercial District Overlay. The purpose of the Overlay is to encourage the development and redevelopment of commercially zoned parcels in a manner consistent with the pattern of development of parcels in Mixed- Use districts. The Board requested time to discuss the issue further in a workshop forum. FISCAL IMPACT: None by City Planning staff, approve with changes ALTERNATIVES: Approve the Overlay as presented recommelRfed. by CRA staff or do not approve. .I ' " //l /[ /) / q ~,/ /' ---- ( ///,/ //' -~_..,.;;:> ./ / Vi v ianT-:-BrOoks , CRA Staff ~ Douglas Hutchinson, CR."" Director 8403 GIMisclCRA Agenda Item Reque5t 2005- Blank.doc DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION MEMORANDUM NO. PZ 05-046 TO: Chair and Members Community Redevelopment Agency Board FROM: Eric Lee Johnson, AICP Planner rr TH ROUGH: Michael W. Rumpf Director of Planning and Zoning DATE: March 30, 2005 SUBJECT: Urban Commercial District Overlay (CDRV 05-004) NATURE OF REOUEST Staff has been requested to consider this proposed amendment to the Land Development Regulations to reduce the building setbacks for properties within conventional commercial zoning districts in targeted areas of the city. The intent is to allow flexibility in site design by requiring a "build-to" line with regards to the required front, side, and side corner building setbacks. This will help to serve as a catalyst for redevelopment efforts on small-sized parcels that have not or most likely would not be assembled as part of a large mixed-use project and maximize consistency with adjacent or nearby projects that are developed under the mixed-use zoning district. BACKGROUND As per the Federal Highway Corridor Community Redevelopment Plan, the City adopted the Mixed Use-Low (MU-L) and Mixed Use-High (MU-H) zoning districts on June 18, 2002. However, after 18 months of working with these regulations, staff determined that minor amendments were warranted to bring the regulations into closer conformance with the intent of the Plan. The updates were made, in part, to protect neighborhoods of single-family homes that are or would be adjacent to potential mixed use districts. The mixed use regulations are and could be applied to those properties designated with Mixed Use (MX) and Mixed Use-Core (MXC) land use classifications (as shown on the City's Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan). Also in June 2002, the city created the Intill Planned Unit Development (IPUD) zoning district. The IPUD zoning district regulations were updated in 2004 to provide more direction to developers regarding compatibility with existing development, while still omitting exacting standards. These districts were designed, in part, to encourage higher densities and intensities, to help redevelop the older portion of the city while simultaneously creating an urban sense of place. It should be noted that reduced building setbacks is a common element intrinsic to all the aforementioned districts. The problem with current conventional commercial zoning district regulations is that portions of a site may be developed for residential uses; however, the regulations do not encourage a true integration of commercial and residential uses, and basically perpetuate the suburban "strip centers" that offer little or no connectivity, allow parking lots to 822§404 Page 2 CDRV 05-004 Urban Commercial District Overlay separate the project from the adjacent roadways, and do not yield large projects with unified designs. ANAL YSIS This report analyzes the required building setbacks of the City's conventional commercial zoning districts: Office Professional (C-1), Neighborhood Commercial (C-2), Community Commercial (C- 3), and General Commercial ((-4). According to the statements contained within the proposed Urban Design Guidelines, the current Land Development Regulations for the City's commercial districts encourage suburban-oriented development to occur. The commercial regulations require large front setbacks, low density, height limitations, and separation of uses. This type of zoning prohibits higher density development or mixed-use developments, which are appropriate in the portions of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) area for redevelopment purposes. The outcome has prevented the City from experiencing the needed economic growth that other cities have experienced. In response to this type of development, the city created the mixed-use zoning districts, namely Mixed Use-High (MU-H) and Mixed Use-Low (MU-L) and staff is currently reviewing the possibility of creating additional mixed-use zoning regulations. In any case, the current regulations regarding the mixed use districts are very explicit in its intent; to encourage quality development, redevelopment, and urban infill in the City's older and blighted downtown and outlying areas. These regulations are very effective in cases when individual lots have been assembled or amassed as part of a large conglomeration for large-scale mixed-use developments. The new regulations appropriately steer the desired type of growth pattern. However, the problem occurs when commercially-zoned parcels, which are not a component of a mixed-use development, are too small and / or too isolated to be eligible for mixed-use zoning. Under the current regulations, the subsequent build-out of these types of lots would be bound to suburban zoning standards, resulting in a growth pattern inconsistent with the newer, mixed-use developments advocated throughout the City's downtown and outlying areas. This inconsistency could hinder the City's effectiveness in managing the urban design for future development. Suburban standards in urban areas undermine staff leverage when negotiating with developers on issues such as creating pedestrian-friendly corridors, concealing off-street parking areas, and regulating automotive-oriented uses. A solution would be to create an overlay district for commercial areas, which would complement the City's endeavor in promoting progressive and exemplary urban design (see Exhibit "8"). If the proposed guidelines were approved, developers would then be bound to the building setbacks of the newly created Overlay District for properties of those targeted commercial areas. While the proposed code amendment does nothing to increase the intensity, height, or mixing of land uses in a given zoning district, it would help to harmonize the placement of buildings and address some of the inconsistencies between urban and suburban regulations. Furthermore, it is staff's opinion that the new Overlay District would not discourage property owners from assembling lots and rezoning to mixed-use districts and neither would the Overlay District perpetuate an undesirable growth pattern. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the creation of the proposed Urban Commercial District Overlay. Any deletions or additions recommended by the Community Redevelopment Agency Board or City Commission would be ultimately refJected in the final ordinance. S:\Planning\SHARED\WP\SPECPROJ\CODE REVIEW\CDRV 05-004 Urban Commercial Overtay\Staff Report.doc 8221 8405 Exhibit 'A' - Urban Commercial District Overlay Map . o I 1,250 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 I Feet N .+. s EXHIBIT "B" - PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS Sec. 8.5. Overlay zones. A. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD OVERLAY ZONE. I. General. With the completIOn of the Vision 20/20 Redeve10pment Plan, the City identified a segment of the Martin Luther King Boulevard as an area in need of redevelopment and revita]¡zatlOn. This section is created to implement the development and design recommendations in the Redevelopment Plan intended to create a traditional street corridor with pedestrian improvements, storefronts along the sidewalk, and a mixture of uses. The corridor is to contain an ambIence supported by pleasant slgnage and buildmg appearance, potted landscaping, store windows and public open spaces, All development within the Martin Luther King Boulevard comdor shalJ occur according to the provisions of the adopted plan as stated below. 2. Defined. The Martin Luther King Boulevard Overlay Zone is hereby established as the area defined by the parcels fronting on that portion of the Boulevard located east of Seacrest Boulevard and west of FederaJ Highway right-of-way, along with those parcels adjacent to the north and south of these parcels that front on the Boulevard If assembled and development as a unified proJect. 3. Pennitted uses. As currently defined in Chapter 2(5)(G) and Chapter 2(6)(B), 4. Prohibited uses. Reserved 5. Development standards. a. Parcels that have frontage along Martin Luther King Bou1evard shall have a minimum front setback of 3 feet and a maximum front setback of 12 feet. b. Minimum side setback from intenor lot lInes shalJ be 5 feet, and a rrunrmum of 3 feet and a maximum of 12 feet from comer lot Imes. c. J\.laxlmum building height shall be 30 feet and subject to other provisions of Chapter 2(4 )(F). 7. Design Standards. Reserved 8. Landscapmg. Reserved 9. Parking. a. ParkIng space requirements shall be calculated in accordance v/ith Section] I.IrI6 of these zoning requirements, and shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%); b. Required parking spaces shalJ be owned or leased within one thousand (1,000) feet of the bui Idlng to be served. (1) The distance requirements shalJ be a straight Ime measurement from a point on the boundary line of the property that is the subject of the application to the closest boundary lIne of the property on which the Jeased parking is located. (2) The property that is the subJcct of the applicatIOn shalJ be posted v.ith signage indicating ((, patrons the location of the off-site parking. c. Lease arrangements to pro\1de required parking spaces shalJ be subject to approval hy the Community Redevelopment Agency. (Ord. No. 00-30, § 1,6-20-00; Ord. No. 02-014, § 1,4-16- 02) B. lJRBAN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OVERLA Y ZOì--:E. 1. Intent and purpose. The purpose of this zone IS to encourage the development and redevelopment of commercialJy-zoned parcels 111 a manner consistent with the pattern of development of parcels with Mixed-Use zoning classifications. In addition, any parcels subsequently annexed into the City of Boynton Beach with1l1 the boundaries of the Community Redeveloprnent Agency area with commercial zoning may also utilIze these setback reductJOns. 2. The objectives of this overlay zone are as follows: d. Lot regulations stated within a. Support and enhance revita\¡zahc Chapters 2(5)(G) and 2(6)(B) except where superseded by efforts in the city's traditional commercial area; the regulations stated herein. 828~07 6. Signs. Reserved b. AlJow flexibIlity in the sIte design 10 order to create a more urban environment by ,couraging the placement of off-street parking between ; front of the building(s) and the rights-of-way. Create Q12timal pedestrian environments through appropriate waration from, and design of vehicular circulation areas: c. Allow flexibility in architectural design and building bulk; while maximizing compatibility and harmony with adioining development within the Defined area. 3. Defined area. The Urban Commercial District Overlay Zone is established as the geographical area as defined by the boundaries of the following city Redevelopment Plans: a. Federal Highway Conidor Community Redevelopment Plan. The boundary is generally described as the city limits to the north, the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, the municipal boundary to the south. and the Florida East Coast Railroad (F.E.C.) and Palm Boulevard (Northeast 4th Street) to the west. The legal description is more particularly described in Exhibit 1.1. Appendix of the Federal Highway Conidor Community Redevelopment Plan. b. The Ocean District Community Redevelopment Plan. The boundary is generally described as Northeast 3rd Avenue to the north, Seacrest Boulevard to the west, F.E.C. Railroad to the east, and Southeast 2nd A venue to the south. c. Boynton Beach Boulevard Corridor Plan. The boundary is generally described as the commercially-zoned parcels located along Boynton Beach Boulevard, east of Interstate 95, and west of Sea crest Boulevard. The area is more particularly defined on the Location Map on page 2 of the Boynton Beach Boulevard Conidor Plan. 4. Development Standards. a. Parcels shall have the following setback requirements: Front yard Side (interior) yard Side (comer) yard Bear yard five (5) feet to fifteen (15) feet zero (0) feet to fifteen (15) feet ten (10) feet to fifteen (15) feet shall be defined by the applicable zoning district regulations; b. Maximum building height shall be defined by the applicable zoning district regulations; c, Maximum lot coverage for building(s) shall be 40 percent; d. Foundation landscaping and trees are recommended to be installed within the reduced building setback areas, between the building(s) and property line(s), particularly, where adiacent or visible from public and / or private rights-of-way. 8224 8408 c- 1 OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. C-3 3, Building and site regulations. No building' or portion thereof shaJI be erected, constructed, converted, establIshed, altered, enlarged or used unless the premises and buildings shaH comp]y with the foJIowing regulations: Mimmum Jot frontage Mimmum lot depth Minimum lot area Maximum lot coverage (buIlding) Minimum front yard Minimum rear yard Minimum side yards Maximum Structure height 75 feet 120 feet 9,000 square feet 40 percent 30 feetl 20 feet 10 feetÛ 30 feet, not to exceed 2 stories ** ¡Parcels located wIthIn the Urban Commercia] District OverJay Zone are subiect to the required building setbacks pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 8.5.B.3. *When abutting residential district, side and/or rear yards shaJI be thirty (30) feet. C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. 3. BuIlding and site regulations. No bUIlding or portion thereof shall be erected, constructed, converted, establIshed, altered, enlarged or used unless the premises and buildings shall comply with the folloWIng regulations: Minimum Jot fTontage Minimum lot depth Minimum lot area Maximum lot coverage MinImum fTont yard Minimum side yard (interior lots) MinImum side yard (comer lots) Minimum rear yard MaxImum structure height 50 feet 100 feet 5,000 square feet 40 percent 30 feet 15 feet*l 20 feet on side streetl 20 feet* 25 feet, not to exceed 2 stories ¡Parcels located wIthin the Urban Commercial District Overlay Zone are subJect to the required building setbacks g"ursuant to Chapter 2, Section 8.5.B.3. *When abutting residential districts, side and/or rear yards shall be thirty (30) feet. 84&5 ,,"'. "<'''-''~''~''"'''>~''''''''''''-~''"-,"''''~'~''I!¡;¡' '-q V~t·r,·",;·,*""_....',,,,,,.....,,,, C-3 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT 3. Building and site regulations. No buildmg or portion thereof shall be erected, constructed, converted, establIshed, altered, enlarged or used unless the premises and buIldmgs shaJI comply \\lth the fOllowmg regulatIOns: MInimum lot frontage MInImum lot area Maximum Jot coverage (building) Minimum front yard Minimum sIde yard 75 feet 15,000 feet 40 percent 20 feetl Nonel (see Notes ( Interior lots) a and b) 15 feet street sidel (see Note b) 20 feet (see Notes b and c) 45 feet, not to exceed 4 stones ¡Parcels located \vithin the Urban Commercial District Overlay Zone are subiect to the required building setbacks pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 8.5.B.3. Minimum side yard (comer lots) Minimum rear yard Maximum structure height a. Where rear access is not available from? publIc street or aJIey, a side yard of not Jess than fì ftee (15) feet shall be provided on one sIde. C-4 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. 3. BuIldIng and sIte regulations. No buIldmg or portions hereof shall be erected, con -structed, converted, establIshed, altered, enlarged or used unless the premises and buildings shall comp]y with the following regulations: Minimum lot frontage Minimum Jot depth Minimum Jot area Maximum Jot coverage Minimum hont yard MInimum side yard (interior Jots) Minimum side yard (comer Jots) 50 feet 100 feet 5,000 square feet 40 percent 25 feetl 15 feet one side*1 15 feet on street sIded 20 feet* 45 fect not to exceed 4 Minimum rear yard Maximum structure height stories Iparcels located within the Urban CommeTCIal Distnc Overlay Zone are subJect to the required building setbacks pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 8.5.B.3. "'When abutting residential districts, side and/or rear yards shall be thirty (30) feet. '1 City of Boynton Beach Urban Commercial District Overlay Map "" ~ '4 '" ~ ~) ...... '=' ~: "'" " ~ ...... "':) ~ ~ (.) ! ~ ~ h '~, ~\ ~I '<" ,\..~! ;;..... '.;:.....,. 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C3 Community Commercial .. C4 General Commercial .. CBD Central Business District .. PCD Planned Commercial Development M1 Light Industrial .. PID Planned Industrial Development .. PU Public Usage REC Recreation .. AG Agriculture ~ IPUD Intill Planned Unit Development .. MX-L Mixed Use Low MX-H Mixed Use High 00 .þ. ~ N C2IV ow:- ø 1.:JJO 650 uoo 2."" 3.'" 5.200 ~ c;? \ (r "\ ':0. y, Sourc~: D~ve/opm~nt Dept., Planning and Zoning Çopyright Palm B~ach County Florida, 2000 - O~ All Rights R~s~rv~d - SubJ~ct to a L1c~ns~ Agr~~ment Date: February 25. 2005 1t~.EC'TS'A.AfrHNN'ROJECTS\ZCNN3W=IR__WONlHG llNl'TH STJ£ETS1 hf1