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Planning Commission Approves amendments to the Land Development Regulations; submits to City Council for consideration
- LDR-22-05: Update the regulation of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs), including, but not limited to, expanding the receiving areas for TDRs, assigning value for TDRs, updating process for sending and receiving TDRs, and clarifying existing applicability in receiving areas
- LDR-22-06: Minor and Technical Amendments to Bicycle Parking, Performance Bonds, Submission Requirements, and Section numbering
- Planning Commission Report
The current regulations were adopted by the City Council on May 2, 2022. This most recent set of amendments established a "General PUD", Site Amenity requirements, and modified Site Plan standards. A minor correction to these amendments was approved by the Council in July 2022 to address a missing sheet from the initial adoption.
On February 7, 2022, the City Council adopted a set of amendments to changes to the City's Land Development Regulations. These includes updated Environmental Protection Standards, a replacement of the City's Subdivision, Master Plan, and Planned Unit Development standards, a series of Zoning District changes, and several stand-alone amendments including extension of Inclusionary Zoning city-wide, requirement for solar-ready roofs on commercial buildings, updates to accessory apartment and accessory structure standards, stormwater standard revisions, and more. Below are a series of 1-2 page "spotlights" on each of the proposed amendments, by general category
Environmental Protection Standards
- Spotlight on Wetlands
- Spotlight on Habitat Blocks & Habitat Connectors
- Spotlight on Steep Slopes
- Spotlight on Floodplains
- Spotlight on River Corridors
- Interactive Map viewer of draft and proposed regulations
Master Plans / Subdivision / Planned Unit Developments
- Spotlight on Subdivisions
- Spotlight on Master Plans
- Spotlight on Planned Unit Developments, the "Traditional Neighborhood Development" PUD Type, and the "Conservation PUD" Type
Zoning District Changes
- Spotlight on Hinesburg Road, south of I-89
- Spotlight on the Southeast Quadrant
- Spotlight on Shelburne Road
- Spotlight on Inclusionary Zoning
- Spotlight on Accessory Dwelling Units
- Spotlight on Accessory Structures
- Spotlight on Residential Design
- Spotlight on Solar Ready Roofs, Solar street layout, and Solar parking lot canopies
- Spotlight on the SEQ-Natural Resource Protection District
- Spotlight on other Minor Amendments
Public Comment Received
- Written Comments Received 10/18/21-10/26/21
- Written Comments Received After Closure of Hearing
- Written Comments Received for 01/03/22 City Council Public Hearing 12/29/2021
- Written Comments Received for 01/03/22 City Council Public Hearing 01/03/2022
- Written Comments Received for 01/10/2022 City Council Public Hearing 01/07/2022
- Written Comments Received for 2/07/2022 City Council Public Hearing 02/03/2022
Link to EPS Project Page
Link to Master Plan / PUD Project Page