2008-04-07 Regular Council Session Agenda

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March 14, 2008 Ms. Joyce Pumm, City Clerk Re: Application for Text Amendment City of University City Section 34-40.7 (3) and 34-40.7 (5) 6801 Delmar Boulevard Planned Development District Density Regulations University City, MO 63130 Dear Ms. Pumm: At its regular meeting on February 27, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center of City Hall, 6801 Delmar Boulevard, the City Plan Commission conducted a hearing on an application by the City of University City for a text amendment to Zoning Code Section 34-40.7 (3) and (5) as follows bolded (additions are and deletions are stricken): 34-40.7 Density and dimensional regulations and performance standards. 3. Planned Development-Residential (PD-R). a. Density. The density of residential development shall be consistent with the intent of y the original underlying residential district(s). While the district regulations specifies upper limits to residential density, density of a planned development may be limited to that which is established in the original residential district or which is consistent and compatible with nearby existing developed areas. Conversely, the density limits indicated in the district regulations may be exceeded on portions of the site within a “PD-R” district as long as the total site density limit is not exceeded. This is referred to as “density transfer.” Additionally, the total site density may be exceeded up to a limit, upon conclusion of the plan commission and the council that the density bonus provisions contained in subsection (3)(c) of this section have been satisfied. This is referred to as “density bonus.” b. Calculation of Density. (1) The computation of density shall be based on dwelling units per net acre for the entire site. (2) To compute the number of dwelling units per net acre, fifteen (15) percent of the gross acreage of the parcel shall be deducted and the net acreage divided by the lowest minimum lot size of the underlying residential district. (3) In situations where a proposed “PD-R” district overlaps two or three residential districts, density shall be calculated separately for the portions of the “PD-R” district in each of the original residential districts.