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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-26 Planning & Zoning Packet - Work Session Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update 2016 Town Hall Meeting #3 April 26, 2016 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Kenai Senior Center 6:00 – 6:15 p.m. Meeting Overview • Introductions • Purpose of Meeting • Rules of Conduct/Meeting Ground Rules 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Facilitated Discussion of Land Use Classifications • Identify which land use classifications to keep, revise, delete • Compare where existing land uses match or conflict with zoning 7:15 – 7:30 p.m. Break 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Facilitated Discussion Continues 9:00 p.m. Wrap-up/What’s next? 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Plan Classifications Matrix 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update Page 1 of 5 April 26, 2016 Existing 2003 Land Use Classifications Draft 2013 Land Use Classifications Draft 2016 Land Use Classifications - proposals Residential Classifications Neighborhood Residential Suburban Residential Keep Neighborhood Residential The Neighborhood Residential district consists of single-family and multi- family residential areas that are urban or suburban in character. Typically, public water and sewer services are in place or planned for installation. This land use district may include both single-family and multi-family dwellings subject to reasonable density transitions and/or design compatibility. Formal public outdoor spaces (parks) are a critical feature in this district. Small home-based businesses may be accommodated within certain design guidelines. Neighborhood institutional uses such as churches, schools, and day care facilities may be intermixed if they comply with neighborhood design guidelines. The Suburban Residential district consists of single-family and multi-family residential areas that are urban or suburban in character. The area is higher density, lots are typically smaller and public water and sewer services are required or planned. Streets should be developed to a paved standard and larger subdivisions should provide sidewalks and public areas. • Term “neighborhood” reflects existing pattern of development and local perspective. The 2003 and 2013 plans have similar focus: • single-family and multi- family residential • public water and sewer services are in place or planned for installation • paved streets; may be sidewalks if large development Considerations: • Should institutional uses be included? • Should there be a density limit/minimum lot size? • Should small-scale neighborhood commercial uses be included - uses that don’t generate traffic after hours/weekends (i.e. offices)? Rural Residential Rural Residential Keep Rural Residential The Rural Residential district includes areas that, due to location or site conditions, are best suited for large-lot single-family residential development. Homes in this district typically rely on individual on-site water supply and wastewater disposal systems. Compatible institutional uses such as churches, schools, and daycare facilities may be intermixed if they comply with zoning design guidelines. Small home- based businesses may be accommodated within certain design guidelines. The Rural Residential district includes areas that, due to location or site conditions, are best suited for large-lot single-family low-density residential development. Homes in this district typically rely on individual on-site water supply and wastewater disposal systems. Streets typically are gravel and subdivisions do not include sidewalks. The 2003 and 2013 plans have similar focus: • Large-lot, single-family, low-density • On-site sewer and water • Gravel streets; no sidewalks Considerations: • Should institutional uses be included or separated? • Should there be a density limit/minimum lot size? 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Plan Classifications Matrix 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update Page 2 of 5 April 26, 2016 Existing 2003 Land Use Classifications Draft 2013 Land Use Classifications Draft 2016 Land Use Classifications - proposals Commercial Classifications Central Commercial Commercial Include two commercial classifications The Central Commercial district supports retail, service, and office businesses that serve all of Kenai and the larger region. It is the Kenai sub-region’s main commercial district. Retail, service, office, and public uses predominate. Non-commercial uses, such as public offices, institutional uses, and dwellings may be appropriate among commercial uses within mixed use areas. The Commercial district is intended to create a concentrated, vibrant, and attractive downtown business district which is convenient to both motorists and pedestrians. The district is designed to attract commerce from within and beyond the community itself. 2013 plan groups all commercial into one classification with focus on “downtown” and mixed use. Ignores corridor commercial and neighborhood commercial. Considerations: • Include more than one commercial land use classification? • Distinguish between central and neighborhood commercial? • Create a mixed use commercial/residential classification? • Add in neighborhood commercial-type uses and expand criteria for when the commercial zone is appropriate. • Limit new commercial to arterials? Neighborhood Commercial Keep or merge into other commercial? The Neighborhood Commercial district applies to areas along the arterial road system that are suitable for small-scale neighborhood-serving retail, service, and office uses. No other commercial land use classifications included in 2013 draft. Considerations: • Include neighborhood commercial and expand criteria for when the commercial zone is appropriate. • Limit new neighborhood commercial to lands facing arterials? • Allow residential and institutional? • What scale is compatible in neighborhood? 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Plan Classifications Matrix 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update Page 3 of 5 April 26, 2016 Existing 2003 Land Use Classifications Draft 2013 Land Use Classifications Draft 2016 Land Use Classifications - proposals Mixed Use Mixed Use Keep or merge into other commercial? The Mixed Use district fosters a compatible mix of retail, service, office, public, institutional recreational and multi-family residential uses. The district does not prescribe specific proportions for these uses, only that all these uses are desirable within the district. Mixed uses are particularly desirable in the Townsite Historic District and City Center overlay zone. The Mixed Use district fosters a compatible mix of retail, service, office, public, institutional, recreational and residential uses. The district does not prescribe specific proportions for these uses, only that all these uses are desirable within the district. The Mixed Use classification should accommodate existing similarly developed areas and areas along corridors to provide transitions between the corridor and residential zones. Considerations: • Classification broad – should it apply to already developed areas or be applied to vacant areas? • Should mixed uses be encouraged along corridors? Arterials, collectors? • Will the city develop an appropriate zoning district with standards that minimizes conflicts? • Should small-scale neighborhood commercial uses be included? Institutional Keep or merge into other classifications? Institutional land uses were not separated out – they were identified as potentially acceptable in residential and commercial classifications provided they are compatible and meet design standards. City uses zoning regulations to address actual location, siting and design of institutional uses. The institutional district provides an area in which government and tax exempt institutions can offer social and cultural amenities to the citizens of the community. The primary use is public, non-profit, and quasi-public uses including government offices and facilities, schools, churches, and other community-service oriented facilities. Considerations: • Institutional uses can vary in scale and impact. Some are compatible in neighborhoods while others create more traffic, noise, etc. • Should there be an individual classification for institutional uses? • Is the city willing to rely on zoning and conditional use permit and design standards to manage how uses are developed/sited? 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Plan Classifications Matrix 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update Page 4 of 5 April 26, 2016 Existing 2003 Land Use Classifications Draft 2013 Land Use Classifications Draft 2016 Land Use Classifications - proposals Industrial Classifications Industrial Industrial Industrial – more than one type? The Industrial district identifies areas reserved for manufacturing, warehousing, trucking, marine-related industry and storage, and similar industrial activities. City utilities and safe, convenient vehicular access is critical. Buffers between industrial uses and adjacent non-industrial uses are desirable. This classification includes areas used for production, manufacturing, processing, packaging, distribution, and other similar activities. The noise levels, odors and emissions typically generated are higher than other land uses and may adversely affect neighboring properties. The Kenai Municipal Airport and lands reserved for the airport and its future expansion are included in this category. Considerations: • Should City consider adopting standards or measures that reduce or minimize noise, dust, traffic, etc.? • Should warehousing and storage be separated as a light industrial use? • Heavy industrial uses (processing, manufacturing) need good access, public services, and separation from incompatible uses. • Add criteria for new heavy industrial – access to major arterials, sewer, water, waste, etc.? Airport Industrial Keep Airport Industrial The Airport Industrial district identifies airport lands reserved for the Kenai Municipal Airport and its future expansion, and tracts needed for present and future aviation-related uses and activities. Airport-specific industrial land use classification not included in 2013 draft plan. Considerations: • Include a land use classification that matches the areas identified in the recently developed Kenai Municipal Airport Master Plan. • City has adopted an airport-specific industrial zoning to implement the 2003 plan. 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Plan Classifications Matrix 2016 Kenai Comprehensive Plan Update Page 5 of 5 April 26, 2016 Existing 2003 Land Use Classifications Draft 2013 Land Use Classifications Draft 2016 Land Use Classifications - proposals Conservation-Open Space-Public Area Type Classifications Conservation Parks, Recreation and Open Space Use both classifications from 2003 and 2013 The Conservation district applies to public lands whose primary use is open space, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, drainage ways, floodplain, and wetlands. Some public improvements may be appropriate within appropriate design guidelines. This classification includes public recreation facilities, as well as undeveloped lands intended to provide for conservation of natural or scenic resources. These areas can be used for a variety of passive and active outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities. Areas that may provide future natural resource development should be included in this category. Considerations: • Conservation and parks, recreation, open space may differ in purpose. • Conservation land use classification typically applied to publicly-owned lands that serve a broad public purpose. • These areas often cross jurisdictions – e.g. drainage ways/rivers, wetlands, habitats. • Parks and recreation classification can be applied to existing facilities only. • Open space can be included as part of parks and recreation classification. Apply to existing parks and to areas not “developed” as a park but used as open space. • Include trail systems and trailheads? • Areas with resource development potential may want to be identified and criteria developed that provide for how and when development can occur (zoning code).