PZC Minutes 051810Town of Avon Planning & Zoning Commission
Draft Meeting Minutes for May 18, 2010
Avon Town Council Chambers
Meetings are open to the public
6,; �..VON°Avon Municipal Building I One Lake Street
Call to Order
II. Roll Call
All Commissioners were present.
III. Additions and Amendments to the Agenda
There were no additions or amendments to the agenda.
IV. Conflicts of Interest
No conflicts of Interest were noted.
V. Consent Agenda
• Approval of the May 4, 2010 Meeting Minutes
Commissioner Anderson moved to approve the revised Meeting Minutes. Commissioner
Patterson seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0, with Commissioners Green and
Roubos abstaining due to their absence from the May 4t", 2010 meeting.
WORK SESSION
VI. Unified Land Use Code
Description: Review of the draft Unified Land Use Code. The following sub categories were
discussed:
1. Development Bonus Formula multiplier.
2. Single -Family and Duplex Design Standards.
3. Intent Statements.
4. The Alternative Equivalent Compliance process in Town Core.
5. PZC work session comments/responses.
6. "Primary Streets" defined for ground floor retail in Town Center.
Discussion: The Planning Commission decided that the multiplier for the development bonus
formula was too high. The multiplier proved to be ineffective at 85% and the Planning
Commission suggested dropping down to 75% to further incentivize and create a higher extent
of development bonus.
The Planning Commission discussed whether development bonus for height and FAR could
either be on-site or off-site. The Planning Commission discussion went on with deliberations
over on-site versus off-site improvements options and what the ultimate outcome of each
scenario might be. It was acknowledged that the levels of quality among different types of
public improvements vary as do the costs associated with each one. The Planning
Commission suggested that the Town should provide a list of improvements for potential off-
site improvements that a developer could "shop" from. These might come from the Capital
Improvements Program.
The Commission went on to state that all Alternative Compliance requests should first be
reviewed by staff and end at the Planning Commission level with a decision, rather than only a
recommendation to the Town Council. The commission recognized that these types of
applications could always be called up by Council, but every application should not go to
Council as suggested at the joint work session.
The single-family and duplex design standards were then discussed by the Commission at
length. It was suggested that these standards might be Wild ridge -specific development
requirements, since the nature and character of other single-family and duplex developments.
in Town is different. The Planning Commission discussed a bottom floor -level walkout
requirement, various hillside development standards, and expressed the desire to see a draft
of design guidelines with which to review two single-family structures on a duplex lot. The
Planning Commission discussed the diagrams and handouts provided by staff. The newly
proposed 35' absolute building height calculation could be a taking and the Town Attorney
should verify such.
The Planning Commission went on to review the "primary streets" diagrams from the master
plans and expressed an interest in deferring this section to the master plans since they evolve
to a greater extent and more frequently than the code.
Methods of public outreach for the Draft Development Code were then discussed and the
Commission determined that the level of outreach should exceed the standard noticing
requirements.
VII. Other Business
VIII. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:45pm.
W. Todd Goulding
Chairperson
Phil Struve
Secretary