STAFF REPORT
CASE NUMBER: PZ 21 - 024
APPLICANT: Administrative
PETITION: Code Text Amendment to consider administrative updates to the following sections of the Unified Development Code: Table 2.4 - Minimum Residential Unit Square Footage for MXU Zoned District; Article 2 Division IV - Overlay Districts, to add the eCommerce and Logistics Overlay; To provide for common exemptions to development setback encroachment - Article 2 Zoning Districts, Article 3 Use Definitions, and Article 4 Specific Use Provisions, and Article 13, Zoning Amendment and Procedures. Article 17 Public Safety Impact Fees, and Article 18 Park and Recreation Impact Fees.
Staff Recommend: Approval
1. Table 2.4 - Minimum Residential Unit Square Footage for MXU Zoned District
2. Article 2 Division IV - Overlay Districts, to add the eCommerce and Logistics Overlay
3. Article 2 Zoning Districts, Article 3, Use Definitions - allowances for setback encroachment
Table 2.4 - Minimum Residential Unit Square Footage for MXU Zoned District
BACKGROUND: The code provides for a minimum of 2000sf for residential units in MXU developments. This exceeds what is typical for the types of types residential products and approvals the city is seeing in MXU zoned districts. Staff recommends amending table 2.4 to allow for the minimum size of residential units in MXU to be determined during the zoning process. This will eliminate applicants needing to file concurrent variance requests and reduce the staff effort needed to process these additional zoning cases.
ANALYSIS:
1. Is the proposed amendment consistent with the purpose and intent of this development code? Article 13, Zoning Amendments and Procedures, Powder Springs Unified Development Code 403
Yes. While the residential unit minimum in MXU is 2000sf, the minimum for other residential zoning districts are:
MINIMUM HEATED FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS
R-30
R-20
R-15
MDR
PUD-R
Detached, singl...
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