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ONE DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 605 AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH TONIGHT'S JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AT THIS
[1. Roll Call ]
TIME, MISS HILL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER. CUTHBERT. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH LEE. PRESENT. VICE MAYOR. HILL. MAYOR PARHAM. HERE. THE COUNCIL HAS A QUORUM. TAMMY ALEXANDER.HERE. MARIE VARGO. HERE. CANDACE TAYLOR. THOMAS HARRISON. ALVIN. CANNON HERE. JAMES. NORMAN.
FENTON BLAND. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS A QUORUM, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TONIGHT WITH OUR OPENING PRAYER. VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, WE COME BEFORE YOU. GIVE ME YOUR NAME. HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE DAY. NOW, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS US AS WE GO INTO THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING. HEAVENLY FATHER. LET IT BE FRUITFUL FOR THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR EMS. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITIZENS. HEAVENLY FATHER, OUR ADMINISTRATION, THOSE WHO WORK IN THE CITY. WE ASK A BLESSING UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD LEAD US TO HIGHER HEIGHTS AND DEEPER DEPTHS IN YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER. HAVE THINE OWN WAY. WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAREFULLY GIVE YOUR NAME ALL THE HONOR, PRAISE, AND THE GLORY. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN NEXT IS ITEM THREE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM FOUR. THE TERMINATION FOR
[5.a. Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Update - Joint Kickoff Meeting ]
PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL HAS A QUORUM. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS, ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. UPDATE OF THE JOINT KICK OFF MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PARHAM. THANKS.PLANNING COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN TODAY. MY NAME IS TORI HAYNES WITH BERKELEY GROUP. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER IN THIS FORUM WAS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMP PLAN. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND PLEASED TO BE BACK HERE WITH YOU ALL TO START TALKING ABOUT THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATE.
OH, AND CAN WE GET THE SLIDE DECK UP PLEASE? THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT WE'LL TRY AND GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU ALL. A LOT OF THIS WILL BE REVIEW FOR SOME OF YOU, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST START BACK WITH THE BASICS, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE NEW TUNING IN OR IN THE AUDIENCE, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE PROJECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE AND OVERVIEW, GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, PURPOSE AND CONTENT AND HOW WE RELATE THAT BACK TO THE COMP PLAN GOALS THAT WE ADOPTED IN THE IN THE PETERSBURG NEXT COMP PLAN. GOING TO DO A QUICK HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY REVIEW OF A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. THE BERKELEY GROUP DID. LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR ORDINANCES AND DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE THIS SUMMER. WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE STRUCTURE AND FORMAT. TOUCH BASE ON SOME KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR THIS PROJECT AND CONFIRM OUR NEXT STEPS. OUR PROJECT TEAM IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR COMP PLAN TEAM. CAROLINE VAN AND I ARE BACK TO WORK ON THIS ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE, AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED ARTHUR CASHWELL TO OUR TEAM AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING HIM IN ON THIS PETERSBURG PROJECT. AND ALL THREE OF US HAVE DONE SOME FORM OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HERE OVER THE SUMMER OUT IN THE CITY, MEETING RESIDENTS AND CITY STAF. A QUICK PROJECT OVERVIEW WITH THIS PROJECT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES, VERY SIMILAR TO OUR COMP PLAN, INVESTIGATION, CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE KICKOFF WITH STAFF AND REVIEWED YOUR EXISTING ORDINANCE AND DOCUMENTS. PUT THOSE FINDINGS INTO THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. AND THEN WE MOVED INTO PUBLIC OUTREACH WITH FOCUS GROUPS, PUBLIC POP UP EVENTS, AND AN ONLINE SURVEY. WE'LL GET TO MORE OF THOSE DETAILS IN A BIT. AND WE'RE FINISHING THE INVESTIGATION PHASE TONIGHT WITH OUR JOINT KICKOFF WORK SESSION. AFTER THIS, WE'LL MOVE INTO CONTENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE WITH BIMONTHLY WORK SESSIONS WITH THE PLANNING
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COMMISSION. AND WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH COUNCIL IN APRIL. AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL START WRAPPING UP THE ORDINANCE DRAFTING, HAVING THE FULL ORDINANCE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW WITH AN OPEN HOUSE SIMILAR TO OUR COMP PLAN PROCESS, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER JOINT WORK SESSION TO REVIEW THE FULL DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR FINAL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL FINISH WITH THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT. LOOKING AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, YOU CAN SEE PHASE ONE, WHICH KICKED OFF BACK IN THE SPRING, IS CONCLUDING NOW IN SEPTEMBER, WILL BE IN PHASE TWO THROUGH THIS TIME NEXT YEAR AND THEN LATE 2025 AND EARLY 2026. WE'LL DO OUR FINAL PHASE WITH FINAL REVIEWS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADOPTION. SO LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE, PURPOSE AND CONTENT, WE'LL BE UPDATING BOTH YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES AND COMBINING THEM INTO ONE CONCISE CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE. ZONING ORDINANCE REGULATES THE USE OF LAND WHILE THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REGULATES THE DIVISION OF LAND. SO UNDER ZONING, LOOKING AT THE USE OF LAND, SO IS IT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OR STORE? IS IT INDUSTRIAL? IS IT RESIDENTIAL? AND WHERE SHOULD THEY MOST APPROPRIATELY BE LOCATED? HERE IN PETERSBURG, AS WELL AS DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, BULK, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? WE DO THIS TO HELP ENSURE THINGS LIKE ADEQUATE LIGHT AND AIR, CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY, AND IT HELPS US FACILITATE PUBLIC SERVICES AND AMENITIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WHERE SERVICES EXIST OR WHERE THEY CAN BE EXTENDED. AND TOGETHER, THESE REGULATIONS HELP PROTECT FROM DESTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY OF HISTORIC SITES AND RESOURCES. ENCROACHMENTS ACROSS PROPERTY LINES, AND OTHER ADVERSE IMPACTS. LOOKING AT THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, THIS IS WHAT REGULATES THE DIVISION OF LANDS. SO HOW YOU CREATE INDIVIDUAL LOTS FROM A PARENT PARCEL? OR ON THE FLIP SIDE, HOW YOU MERGE PARCELS. IT ENSURES ADEQUATE STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAYS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SUBDIVISION HAS FRONTAGE ON EXISTING STREETS. OR MAYBE A NEW STREET NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED AND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WORKS IN TANDEM WITH YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE PUBLIC SERVICES AND AMENITIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE UNBUILDABLE NON-USABLE LOTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AND SEWER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT LANDLOCKED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND TOGETHER THIS ALL ESTABLISHES THE PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBDIVIDING LAND TOGETHER. BOTH THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES ARE GUIDED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S OUR POLICY DOCUMENT THAT SETS VISIONS AND GOALS AND GUIDES OUR LOCAL REGULATION. A FEW QUICK EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REALLY GUIDE THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE A COMP PLAN GOAL TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW ADAPTIVE REUSE AND CREATIVE REUSE OF FOR NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN NONTRADITIONAL AREAS, LIKE AN OLD SHOPPING CENTER OR SOME OTHER ABANDONED STRUCTURE. SO A POTENTIAL ZONING ELEMENT THAT WE COULD START LOOKING INTO IS INTRODUCING ADAPTIVE REUSE AS A USE WITH A CLEAR DEFINITION, MAYBE RELAXING REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING AND LANDSCAPING AND OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENTS TO MAKE BEST USE OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE SO WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH PEOPLE TO GET THEM USING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE IN A POSITIVE WAY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A GOAL FROM OUR COMP PLAN IS AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO SUPPORT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, SO SOME THINGS WE CAN LOOK INTO MIGHT BE ALLOWING ADUS BY RIGHT IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY INTRODUCING STANDARDS FOR CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS OR COTTAGE COURTS, AND INTRODUCING STANDARDS FOR DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX, TRIPLEXES AND QUADPLEXES. A GOAL FROM THE COMP PLAN FOR AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REDUCE PARKING MINIMUMS AND REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF BIKE RACKS AT PARKING AREAS IN PLACES WHERE YOU'LL LIKELY NEED THEM. APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PLACES OF BUSINESS. SO OUR POTENTIAL ZONING ELEMENT WE MIGHT LOOK INTO REVISING PARKING STANDARDS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S PARKING NEEDS AND REQUIRING BICYCLE PARKING AREAS AT MULTIFAMILY AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COMMUTE FOR WORK. AND THEN FACILITATING ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THROUGH INTEGRATING SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES AND GREEN SPACES. SO OUR POTENTIAL ZONING ELEMENT IS INTRODUCING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRING MINIMUM PERCENTAGES FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION. OPEN SPACE. MOVING ON TO OUR DIAGNOSTIC REPORT BACK IN THE SPRING, WE REVIEWED YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCES AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ASSESSED THOSE AGAINST STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS FROM THAT ASSESSMENT, WE DETERMINED SOME STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND WHERE WE THINK WE CAN HELP FILL IN SOME GAPS AND MAKE IT COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT STATE CODE AS WELL AS[00:10:02]
CREATE A MORE USER FRIENDLY REGULATORY DOCUMENT. THIS DIAGNOSTIC REPORT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET MATERIALS TONIGHT, AND WE'LL DO A QUICK HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF SOME OF THE FINDINGS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT REPORT. SO THIS IS OUR COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE BASICALLY TOOK A LOOK AT THE LAND USE SECTION OF STATE CODE. AND SO CHART ONE IS SHOWING HOW MANY OF THOSE PROVISIONS ARE APPLICABLE AND MANDATORY. IN PETERSBURG WE FOUND ABOUT 54% OF STATE CODE PROVISIONS FOR LAND USE ARE MANDATORY HERE. THERE'S ANOTHER 24% OPTIONAL, MEANING THE STATE ALLOWS THIS LOCALITY TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN REGULATIONS.BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. AND THEN ABOUT 22% ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO PETERSBURG EITHER, BECAUSE THEY ONLY APPLY TO CERTAIN COUNTIES OR CERTAIN REGIONS. LOOKING AT CHART TWO, WE TOOK THAT 54% MANDATORY AND BROKE THAT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER. AND OF THOSE MANDATORY PROVISIONS, WE FOUND THAT ABOUT 39% IS FULLY COMPLIANT, ABOUT 25% PARTIALLY COMPLIES. THAT'S OFTEN BECAUSE WHEN THAT REGULATION STARTED, IT WAS PROBABLY COMPLIANT. SINCE THEN, STATE CODE HAS PROBABLY BEEN UPDATED. SO YOU'RE ADDRESSING IT, BUT YOU JUST MIGHT NOT HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE VERSION OF THAT LANGUAGE. AND THEN 36% DOES NOT COMPLY. IT MIGHT BE FULLY OUTDATED OR IS OTHERWISE JUST NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT STATE CODE. AND THEN LOOKING AT CHART THREE, JUST A BREAKDOWN OF OUR OPTIONAL PROVISIONS. 34% OF THE OPTIONAL PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR LAND USE REGULATIONS. RIGHT NOW, 14% ARE PARTIALLY INCLUDED. AGAIN PROBABLY BECAUSE OF OUTDATED LANGUAGE OR OTHER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THEN 51% OF THOSE OPTIONAL PROVISIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AT THE SAME TYPE OF ANALYSIS ON YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WE HAVE 59% OF THE PROVISIONS AS MANDATORY IN PETERSBURG, 25% OPTIONAL AND 16% ARE NOT APPLICABLE. SO OF THE 59% MANDATORY, ABOUT 15% IS FULLY COMPLIANT, 29% PARTIALLY COMPLIANT, AND 56% RIGHT NOW DOES NOT COMPLY AND THAT'S JUST THE LANGUAGE. SO WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO LIGHT A FIRE THERE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE COMES UP TO MATCHING STATE CODE. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, YOUR STAFF IS PROBABLY ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THE PROPER STATE CODE. WE JUST NEED TO MARRY THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S CONSISTENT. SO IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND NOT TOO AMBIGUOUS. AND THEN IN OUR OPTIONAL PROVISIONS AGAIN, 29% OF THE OPTIONAL PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED. 6% ARE PARTIALLY INCLUDED, AND 65% ARE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO THE PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE ARE ENSURING THAT ALL MANDATORY ITEMS FROM STATE CODE ARE INCLUDED, AND ALSO INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT TO THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY PICK OUT, THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT HERE. WE WANT TO CLARIFY AND STREAMLINE THE SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES FOR ALL OF YOUR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, AND REVIEW AND UPDATE USES. SO CONSOLIDATING LIKE USES, INCORPORATING MODERN LAND USES PERMITTING USES WHERE BEST APPROPRIATE AND PROVIDING SOME PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WITH CLEAR DEFINITIONS. WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL PRIMARY ZONING DISTRICTS HAVE CLEAR AND CONSISTENTLY APPLIED STANDARDS. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INTRODUCE CONCISE COMMUNITY DESIGN STANDARDS SO THAT'S YOUR LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, PARKING, ALL THOSE EXTERIOR SITE DEVELOPMENT ELEMENTS. WE WANT TO INCORPORATE GRAPHICS AND TABLES TO HELP VISUALIZE COMPLEX REGULATIONS AND FINALLY, WE WANT TO COMBINE THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES INTO ONE CONCISE REGULATORY CHAPTER. RIGHT NOW THEY EXIST AS TWO SEPARATE APPENDICES, SO WE WILL BE COMBINING THOSE AND PUTTING THEM AS A MORE FORMAL CHAPTER OF CITY CODE, AND MOVING INTO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE WERE HERE OVER THE SUMMER GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF FOCUS GROUPS, POP UP EVENTS, AND A PUBLIC SURVEY. IN TOTAL, WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM OVER 200 PEOPLE. THE FULL SUMMARIES AND RESULTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SUMMER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY REPORT AND A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE. LOOKING AT FOCUS GROUPS, WE STARTED OFF WITH FOUR FOCUS GROUPS WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONALS. FOCUS GROUPS REALLY ARE BY THERE, BY INVITE ONLY, AND THEY'RE MEANT TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING IN LAND USE IN DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE IN YOUR ORDINANCES, IN THEIR DAY JOB. SO THEY REALLY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WORKS. AND WHAT DOESN'T FOR THEM. SO WE DEFINITELY WANTED THEIR FEEDBACK. WE ALSO HAD EMPLOYEES FROM REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CRATER, PDC, MEMBERS OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND CITY STAFF. WE DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS OF
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THE CURRENT ORDINANCES WHERE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE, AND HOW TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY OVERALL. SO SOME KEY THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION WERE IMPROVING ORGANIZATION AND CLARITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR AND CONCISE STRUCTURE THAT'S EASY TO NAVIGATE. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE MODERN USES AND STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES. THERE ARE NEWER LAND USES TO THINK OF, ESPECIALLY SOLAR DATA CENTERS, EV CHARGING STATIONS, AND MORE, A LOT MORE BEYOND THAT, AS WELL. AND WE ALSO WANT TO REVISE DISTRICT STANDARDS TO COMPLIMENT THE AREA. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCALE AND DESIGN ARE APPROPRIATE FOR A HISTORIC AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, YOUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND YOUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THE SECOND PART OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WERE POP UP EVENTS. WE ACTUALLY TAGGED ON TO SOME PREEXISTING COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO WE WERE OUT AT JUNETEENTH AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WITH CITY STAFF SETTING UP A BOOTH TO ENGAGE WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE HAD AN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY WITH VARIOUS ZONING TOPICS AND ASKED PARTICIPANTS TO RANK EACH ITEM AS LOW, MEDIUM, OR HIGH PRIORITY JUST TO HELP US KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS PRIORITIZING FOR THIS ORDINANCE. UPDATE AND THE TOP RESPONSES WERE IMPROVING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF STREETS, REVITALIZING ABANDONED BUILDINGS, REDUCING CRIME THROUGH DESIGN, INCREASING PETERSBURG'S ABILITY TO BE ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE, PRESERVING GREEN SPACE, AND PROMOTING INFILL OF VACANT OR BLIGHTED LOTS. IN OUR THIRD FORM OF ENGAGEMENT WAS AN ONLINE VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY. THIS MAP HOPEFULLY LOOKS FAMILIAR. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING THAT COMP PLAN IN MIND, SO WE USE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS THE BASIS FOR OUR QUESTIONS ON THE ONLINE VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY. SO WE LUMPED VARIOUS PICTURES OF DIFFERENT DESIGN STYLES BASED ON THE TYPE OF LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. WE FOUND THAT COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HAD STRONG SUPPORT FOR MISSING MIDDLE STYLE UNITS SUCH AS TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS IN THOSE AREAS, AND THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR BOTH HISTORIC AND MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE AND NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT SHOULD COMPLEMENT THE SURROUNDING AREA AND COMMUNITY MIXED USE. THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL AND UPPER STORY RESIDENTIAL. PRETTY STANDARD AND TYPICAL THERE, AND IT SHOULD MATCH THE CHARACTER OF OLD TOWN, WHERE APPROPRIATE AND CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ADAPTIVE REUSE, WHERE POSSIBLE. IN CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL. THAT'S LIKE THE CRATER ROAD TYPE AREAS OF TOWN. THERE'S AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS AND ESTHETICALLY PLEASING DESIGNS ALONG THE CITY'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES, AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A GOOD QUALITY LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND WAYFINDING. AND IN YOUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AREAS. SO DOWN IN THE NEW PHARMACEUTICAL CENTER, ANOTHER POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES THAT PETERSBURG MAY ATTRACT, THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR LOW PROFILE CAMPUS LIKE DEVELOPMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD COMPLEMENT THE CITY OR BE WELL SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. IF IT'S A LITTLE MORE ON THE HEAVIER SIDE OF INDUSTRIAL.WE'LL SWITCH GEARS AND GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 30 SOME ODD ARTICLES IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND MORE IN YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL ARTICLE STRUCTURE, WE SIMPLIFY IT A BIT. WE HAVE 11 MAIN ARTICLES THAT WE THEN DIVIDE INTO DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS. THE ARTICLES YOU SEE THAT ARE SHADED IN TEAL WILL BE THE FIRST FOUR THAT WE REVIEW WITH PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING THOSE AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE IN LATE NOVEMBER AS OUR FIRST SET OF REVIEW. EXCUSE ME.
FIRST SET OF REVIEW ARTICLES. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE AFTER WE DO ONE, TWO, THREE AND NINE. FROM THERE WE MOVE FORWARD, TYPICALLY IN ORDER FOUR THROUGH EIGHT, TEN AND 11. THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE WITHIN EACH ARTICLE. SO WE HAVE THE MAIN ARTICLE ITSELF. IN THIS CASE THIS IS THE FULL PLAN FOR ARTICLE ONE. THAT IS DIVIDED INTO DIVISIONS, WHICH IS FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO SECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF CONTENT. WE KEEP THIS STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO AMEND DOWN THE ROAD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE BOGGED DOWN BY A NUMBER SYSTEM THAT RUNS OUT. THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO KEEP ADDING LETTERS AND NUMBERS. THIS IS AN EASY SYSTEM TO UPDATE.
IT'S AN EASY SYSTEM TO FIND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT EACH ARTICLE. FOR THIS UPDATE, WE'LL USE CONSISTENT FORMATTING THROUGHOUT EACH SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO
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AVOID JARGON AND USE CONSISTENT ACRONYMS. USE LOGICAL AND CONSISTENT ORGANIZATION AND HIERARCHY STRUCTURES, AND CONSOLIDATE LIKE ITEMS. TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE STATE CODE REFERENCES WHERE APPROPRIATE AND INCORPORATE GRAPHICS AND TABLES TO HELP COMMUNICATE COMPLEX TOPICS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF CREATING A USER FRIENDLY FORMAT. THE TOP SCREENSHOT IS PULLED DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, AND IT SHOWS THE PERMITTED USES IN THAT DISTRICT. IT'S KIND OF LONG, IT'S WORDY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SKIM, AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK EACH AND EVERY ZONING DISTRICT TO CHECK A USE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED TO SEE IF IT'S PERMITTED. THERE SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE SIMPLIFY THIS INFORMATION IS INTO A USE MATRIX. SO IT'S ONE EASY TO READ TABLE THAT CLEARLY SHOWS WHERE CERTAIN USES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT OR WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND IF THERE'S ASSOCIATED USE STANDARDS, WE PUT THOSE IN THE TABLE AND ADD A LINK TO THEM. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED IN THE ORDINANCE. AND IT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF AMBIGUITY IN TERMS OF TO SOME USES HAVE MORE STANDARDS TO SOME NOT. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THE ORDINANCE HAS USER FRIENDLY GRAPHICS. WE WANT TO INTEGRATE A LOT OF GOOD GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE AND INTERPRET CERTAIN STANDARDS. SO THINGS LIKE HEIGHT PRETTY EASY TO MEASURE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY WRITE THAT OUT, IT SOUNDS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT SHOULD BE. SO WE LIKE TO ACCOMPANY THOSE TYPES OF REGULATIONS WITH THE LITTLE GRAPHIC. SO SOME KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR THIS PROCESS. VERY SIMILAR TO OUR COMP PLAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ENGAGING FROM START TO FINISH. REVIEWING MATERIALS IN ADVANCE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND COME WITH YOUR LIST OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. WE WANT TO STRIVE FOR LEVELS OF CONSENSUS ON KEY POLICY ITEMS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND EDITS IN WRITING. IF WE DON'T GET TO SOMETHING IN THE MEETING, OR YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND REALIZE YOU HAD A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON IT, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL SHARE THIS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND NETWORKS. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY READING THIS. WE DON'T WANT THEM BLINDSIDED BY THESE UPDATES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMING TO EACH MEETING AND THEN DEFINITELY AT THAT FULL REVIEW AT THE END WHERE WE'LL HAVE AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND READ THROUGH THE FULL ORDINANCE. SO THAT WAS OUR ZONING PROCESS.101 KICKOFF. IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE DIAGNOSTIC OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OR OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE STRUCTURE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK 72 OKAY. IF NOT, LOOKING AT SOME NEXT STEPS. SO WE'VE DONE OUR JOINT KICKOFF WORK SESSION TONIGHT. WE'VE ALSO ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING. SO AGAIN LOOKING AHEAD, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW IN NOVEMBER. THAT'LL GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR. WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU WITH COUNCIL IN APRIL. GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FURTHER AHEAD IN LATE 2025 FOR THOSE FINAL REVIEW ITEMS AND MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW NAOMI AND JARED TO CONTACT. BUT ALSO PLEASE ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO BERKELEY GROUP IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GREAT. WELL, THAT'S IT FOR US. WE JUST WANTED TO GET THIS STARTED AND LET YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SHARE. THANKS OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION. THANKS TO OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. BERKELEY GROUP, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE NEXT MEETINGS TO FOLLOW UP ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU
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