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PZC Packet 073107Town of Avon Planning & Zoning Commission Special Meeting Agenda for July 31, 2007 Avon Town Council Chambers Meetings are open to the public Avon Municipal Building / 400 Benchmark Road WORK SESSION (5:00pm - 5:30pm) Description: Discussion of Regular Agenda Items. Work session is open to the public. REGULAR MEETING (5:30pm) Call to Order Roll Call III. Additions and Amendments to the Agenda IV. Conflicts of Interest V. Consent Agenda VI. Town Center Design Guidelines Description: At the previous Commission meeting held on July 17, 2007, staff distributed the final draft of the Town Center Guidelines to members of the Commission for their review and scheduled a special meeting to be held on July 31, 2007, for the purpose of discussing this document Staff would like to receive input from the Commission on this document and forward on the document to Council for adoption. VII. East Avon Draft Plan Description: Detailed review of the remainder of Chapter 2 (Physical Plan), pages 25-43. This review will also include Chapter 3 (Implementation) of the Town Center East District Plan. The draft plan is dated May 10, 2007. Last review took place at the Commission's June 19, 2007 meeting. VIII. Other Business • Duplex Connection Design Guidelines (update) IX. Adjourn Posted on July 27, 2007 at the following public places within the Town of Avon: • Avon Municipal Building, main lobby • Avon Recreation Center, main lobby • Alpine Bank, main lobby • Avon Public Library • On the Internet at htto://www.avon.oro / Please call (970) 748.4030 for directions Memo To: Planning and Zoning Commissioners From: Matt Pielsticker, Planner II Date July 27, 2007 Re: Draft Town Center East District Plan Introduction: At the June 26, 2007 meeting, we reviewed Chapter 1 and the first half of Chapter 2 of the draft Town Center East District Plan. At the July 31St meeting, Staff would ask the Commission to be prepared to provide detailed feedback on the following portions of the plan: Chapter 2: Circulation / Parking / District Character/ Views (Pages 25-46) Chapter 3: Implementation (Pages 47-56) The July 31St meeting will be the fourth time the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed this draft District Plan. We look forward to your continued detailed feedback on any proposed changes, prior to modifying the Plan and presenting to Town Council. Once the Commission is comfortable with the revised Plan, staff will prepare a resolution for your endorsement before moving to Town Council for final adoption. Background: This draft District Plan is a reflection of feedback received from a week long design charrette last summer, individual stakeholder meetings, and more recently a meeting this past February where the Commission reviewed the "preferred alternative." The feedback from the Planning and Zoning Commission at the February meeting was to move forward with the alternative presented, build flexibility into the plan to accommodate obstacles to the implementation of road realignments, and to put together a sketch up model that includes the West Town Center plan, East Town Center plan, and the Riverfront Village. All input has been considered in the draft of the District Plan. July 31, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Page 1 Memo To: Planning and Zoning Commissioners From: Matt Gennett, AICP, Senior Planner Date July 27, 2007 Re: Town Center Design Guidelines Introduction: At the July 17th, 2007 meeting, staff distributed copies of the draft Town Center Design Guidelines with direction to review the document for discussion and comment at the July 31, 2007 meeting. The Design Guidelines have gone through extensive review and edits by the Community Development Subcommittee and staff, the result of which is the document distributed to the Commission on July 17, 2007. Background: In December of 2006, the Community Development Subcommittee, Design Workshop, and staff convened for the first time to review the document now known as the Town Center Design Guidelines, and met three times thereafter to further edit and modify the Design Guidelines. In February 2007, staff met with all the key stakeholders to review the proposed draft and gather additional feedback. Requested Action: Staff is requesting the Commission review the draft Guidelines and provide feedback to be considered as the document moves on to the Town Council for final adoption on August 14tH 2007. Jury 31, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Page 1 Summary of Planning Commissioner Questions/Comments 5/15/07 Plannina and Zonina Commission Meeting • Energy Efficiency and Green Building Standards are a good baseline for the plan. • No 'box' stores are preferred unless conforming to design standards. The word box should not be used in the plan. • Setbacks need to be emphasized with the desire for open spaces. 3-5 stories should be the preferred height, and no "Canyon Effect" is desired. • Taller buildings may be appropriate if designed appropriately. 6/5/07 Planning and Zonina Commission Meetinq • Is Avon Road the Line of Demarcation for Taller buildings? • In reference to the massing models, is big block massing the preferred alternative or smaller individual buildings on smaller pieces of property? • Language to protect view corridors needs to be strong to preserve open feel of district as it is today. • Varying building heights needs to be expressed in the plan. Cross section(s)? • Additional vignettes should be provided in place of photographs where possible (e.g. bottom of page 6, or bottom of page 7). 6/19/07 Plannina and Zonina Commission Meetina • Coversheet illustration needs to be redesigned. • Page 1: The last paragraph must be highlighted and reinforced. More than putting "not" in bold is required to get this message across. • Page 5: The need for "complimentary" or "interesting" architecture instead of "common". Pedestrian circulation is confusing and needs to be emphasized. Bullets #3 and #5 must be reworded. Bullet #5 is confusing as it reads "to attract full time residents but are not of a high enough quality to appeal to the other markets". What are we trying to say here? Views must be emphasized and roofline articulation. The diminished sight corridors must be addressed in the plan in this section. • Page 7: Schematic diagrams were unanimously great. More are needed. • Page 9: Captions need to be reworded and more visible. The District Character Language was questioned - should it read design character? What exactly is being encouraged here? • Page 10: Bullet #15 must be reviewed carefully. What does it mean to encourage visibility from Interstate 70? The Commission was not in agreement with this planning principle. This language also shows up on Page 41 of the document. • Page 11: "Give preference" bullet point needs to reinforce locals housing and needs to be reworked. First bullet should state to 'expand and create comfortable full time residential uses.' • Page 11: The floor to ceiling ratio was questioned and its meaning. The first bullet point needs to be reworked. We need to expand and create housing options that strengthen full time residency. • Page 12: Strike 'big box' language and reword to 'retailers up to 15,000 sq. ft.' The gaps in retail frontage were appropriate and the plan needs to embrace good techniques and creative solutions to enhance spaces between buildings. The plan should encourage porosity and create open spaces where possible. Secondary pedestrian access is of high importance. Page 14: Strike reference to Vail City Market. • Page 15: There needs to be a definition for 'Full -Time' residents. The preference should be given to units with high occupancy rates in the form of full time residents. Does this mean all timeshare/hotel? • Page 19: Commercial use table: "Convenience Goods" - what does this term mean? Prescribing tenant mixes might not be appropriate for this plan. • Page 22: The shapes of the suggested buildings on the graphic need character. For example, storefronts need to be illustrated and no hard edge lines should be present. This goes for all depicted buildings in site plan view within the plan. The Plaza should not be surrounded by four walls. • Page 23: The medical tenants and/or urgent care should be accessible. It was questioned whether a post office in East Avon is appropriate. The plaza overlay should encourage articulated outdoor spaces. How about bookstores? • Page 24: Pictures need to be included to demonstrate, for example, what flex space in second level looks like, in addition to diagrams. • Page 25: First bullet should read "create a strong pedestrian connection" or "create and encourage a strong connection". The second bullet point needs to be reworded to reflect the desire to reroute E. BC Blvd and should not call out Christie Lodge by name. The intent of moving the street should be highlighted (i.e. to move lodging closer to the core of East Avon and for circulation purposes). The principles should define the size of sidewalks. • LEED ND or AIA 50 steps to sustainability need to be heavily encouraged. The Commission envisions sustainable development, and this needs to be included in the front end of the document.