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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-08-10 Info Packet� CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET CITY OF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org August 10, 2017 IPI Council Tentative Meeting Schedule AUGUST 15 WORK SESSION IP2 Work Session Agenda IP3 Draft Project Direction Report — Form Based Code Analysis (Revised title) IP4 Pending Work Session Topics MISCELLANEOUS I135 Information from Mayor Pro tem Botchway: Community Rights Movement I136 Information from Mayor Pro tem Botchway: Worker Bill of Rights IP7 Memo from Assistant to the City Manager: Food Truck Pilot Program evaluation I138 Memo from Assistant to the City Manager: Fiscal Year 2018-2019 (FY2019) preliminary budget discussion IP9 Information from Assistant to the City Manager: Copy of News Release — Iowa Finance Authority Awards $2.7 Million to Shelter House in Iowa City to Construct Affordable Housing for Chronically Homeless I1310 Memo from City Clerk: Taxi Regulations IP11 Civil Service Entrance Examination: Mass Transit Operator IP12 Civil Service Entrance Examination: Assistant Superintendent— Landfill IP13 Civil Service Entrance Examination: Maintenance Worker I —Streets IP14 Civil Service Entrance Examination: Maintenance Worker II -Horticulture Invitation: Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County Board of Directors — Annual Meeting, August 25 [Distributed as Late Handout on 8/14.] DRAFT MINUTES IP15 Board of Appeals: August 7 IP16 Community Police Review Board: August 8 IP17 Historic Preservation Commission: July 31 � = 1 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET CITY OF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org August 10, 2017 IPI Council Tentative Meeting Schedule AUGUST 15 WORK SESSION I132 Work Sessio Agenda IP3 Presentation o Form Based Code final report IP4 Pending Work Se Sion Topics MISCELLANEOUS I135 Information from Mayor Pr\Cityanager: y: Community IP6 Information from Mayor Pry: Worker Bil IP7 Memo from Assistant to thFood Tru IP8 Memo from Assistant tnager: isca preliminary budget discu IP9 Information from Assistant to the City Finance Authority Awards $2.7 Million Affordable Housing for Chronically Ho IP10 Memo from City Clerk: Taxi Regulations IP71 Civil Service Entrance Examination: M IP12 Civil Service Entrance Examination: ssi ghts Movement of Rights Pilot Program evaluation I Year 2018-2019 (FY2019) er: Copy of News Release — Iowa Iter House in Iowa City to Construct Transit — Landfill IP13 Civil Service Entrance Examinati :Maintenance Work— Streets IP14 Civil Service Entrance Examin tion: Maintenance Worker I,- Horticulture IP15 Board of Appeals: IP16 Community Policy IP17 Historic Preservat DRAFT MINUTES 7 view Board: August 8 Commission: July 31 r CITY OF IOWA CITY Date City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule IP1 Subject to change August 10, 2017 Time Meeting Location Tuesday, August 15, 2017 5:00 PM Special Formal/ Executive Session Emma J. Harvat Hall Work Session 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, September 5, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Monday, October 16, 2017 4:00 PM Reception Emma J. Harvat Hall 4:30 AM Joint Entities Meeting Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, November 21, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, December 5, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2017 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting IP2 I r Ir PAL0110 ,i � CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (3 19) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Special Formal / Executive Session 5:00 PM — separate agenda posted City Council Work Session Agenda Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Emma J. Harvat Hall - City Hal[ Following 5:00 PM Special Formal • Presentation on Data Driven Justice Initiative • Presentation on Form Based Code final report [IP #3 of the 8/10 Info Packet] • Clarification of Agenda Items • Information Packet Discussion [August 3, August 10] 23 p yR G %10 MM■MM■SEEM■■r a ■MMM■ ■MEEMM I I r Iowa City, Iowa Project Direction Report Form -Based Code Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 ITN 1) OPTICOS �+ipR S a Iowa City, Iowa Project Direction Report Form -Based Code Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 ITN 1) OPTICOS Prepared for the City of Iowa City, Iowa by: Opticos Design, Inc 2 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 -Table of Contents Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary ... 5 Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis ..... 31 Chapter 6: Summary of Analysis & 1.1 Purpose of the Form -Based Code Analysis .......... 6 4.1 Northside Neighborhood Parking Analysis ........32 Recommendations .......................63 1.2 Project Area Overview ...........................8 4.2 Summary of Parking &Transportation Interviews 6.1 Summary of Analysis and Vision: Northside and Meetings .................................... 36 Neighborhood ................................... 64 1.3 Summary of Visit 1 Staff Meetings.................9 6.2 Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood ..... 66 Street Tree Survey ..............................9 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis ........... 39 5.1 Graphic 3-D Buildouts of Existing Zones ......... 40.3 6 Summary of Analysis and Vision: South District ...75 Parks Master Plan ..............................9 6.4 Recommendations: South District ................76 Natural Areas Master Plan.......................9 RS -8 Medium Density Single -Family Residential Zone.........................................42 Chapter 7: Appendix ......................81 Bicycle Master Plan .............................9 RNS-12 Neighborhood Stabilization Residential 7.1 Appendix......................................82 Residential Occupancy Laws.....................9 Zone ......................................... 44 1.4 Visit 1 Meeting Agendas ......................... 10 Chapter 2: Summary of Findings for Northside Neighborhood ...........................11 2.1 Documentation for Northside Neighborhood ......12 RM -44 High Density Multi -Family Residential Zone........................................46 CB -2 Central Business Service Zone ............ 48 CB -5 Central Business Support Zone ........... 50 2.2 Summary of Northside Neighborhood Stakeholder 5.2 Summary of Key Findings from Zoning Analysis ... 53 Interviews ........................................ 14 5.3 Analysis of Multi -Family & Historic District Design 2.3 Northside Neighborhood Study Area Tour ........16 Standards ........................................ 56 2.4 Northside Neighborhood Public Workshop ........ 18 5.4 Results of Missing Middle Housing Assessment ... 58 Chapter 3: Summary of Findings for South District Plan Area..............................21 3.1 Documentation for South District Plan Area ...... 22 3.2 Summary of South District Plan Area Stakeholder Interviews ....................................... 24 3.3 South District Plan Study Area Tour ............. 26 3.4 South District Plan Area Public Workshop ....... 28 Opportunities for Missing Middle Housing in study areas ........................................ 58 Obstacles for Missing Middle Housing in study..... areas.........................................59 Types of Missing Middle Housing .............. 60 Missing Middle Housing Types Found in Iowa City Neighborhoods...............................61 Draft: August 9, 2017 1 3 This page intentionallyleh blank. 4 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 L Project Overview & Q Visit 1 Summary Draft: August 9, 2017 1 5 Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary -1.1 Purpose of the Form -Based Code Analysis INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Form -Based Code analysis is to provide a high-level review of two study areas located in Iowa City: the Northside Neighborhood and the South District Plan Area. This review and following recommendations are intended to guide future development and to assess the feasibility of implementing Missing Middle Housing and a Form -Based Code for undeveloped areas of Iowa City's South District and for the established Northside Neighborhood. Additionally, this review will examine parking demand issues in near - downtown neighborhoods. This analysis addresses the following: . Existing conditions in the two subject areas; . Observations from Iowa City staff gained through a series of working sessions and documentation of the study areas; . Feedback from stakeholder interviews conducted during a series of visits to Iowa City; . Input from community members attending public workshops hosted for each study area; Parking and transportation review and recommendations for balancing residential, commuter, and visitor parking demand as well as street pattern and design in the South District; and . Final Project Direction Report to identify community's direction for implementing expanded use of form - based codes. 6 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Synthesis of Content The first series of tasks forthe analysis was to summarize key findings from the February 14th -16th and March 21st visits and conduct research to inform the next steps of the analysis. Included in this Visit 1 Summary Memo is a synthesis of information gathered up to this point. Additional insights have been integrated throughout the report to reflect the findings of Visit 2, conducted May 10th -12th, and the feedback received following the summary report for Visit 1. Outlined in the following subsection is an overview of the various chapters of this direction report as a comprehensive summary and statement of recommended action items to follow our analysis and feedback from the Iowa City community. PROJECT AREA LOCATOR MAP Zoning Map Iowa City, Iowa <' •\ -4`... .: I a 'w 1 4ry i"' ^',m 1 I rte_ Fe ' r' P_ v Y r N IN ONorthside Neighborhood O South District Plan Area Summary of Report Chapters Chapter 1 provides an overview of the of the two project study areas, a summary of various working sessions with City staff, and public meeting agendas from Visit 1. Chapters 2 and 3 provide an overview of findings for the Northside Neighborhood and the South District Plan Area, respectively, including documentation maps, stakeholder interview responses, photos from touring the areas, and results of the public mapping exercise where participants were asked to identify opportunity sites for each study area. . Chapter 4 provides an overview of the parking and transportation analysis and findings. Chapter 5 is an overview of key findings from the study of Iowa City's current zoning standards and identifies obstacles and opportunities for applying them to new buildings. This overview includes 3-D buildout examples of medium and high density scenarios testing five of the city's current zoning districts on two lot sizes. Chapter 4 also provides an analysis of the Multi -Family and Historic District design standards and the results of the Missing Middle Housing Assessment, both of which are based off of findings from Visits 1 and 2 and the zoning analysis. Chapter 6 provides an overall summary of the analysis conducted throughout this project for the Northside Neighborhood and the South District Plan Area, followed by recommendations and strategies for executing the community's and city's vision for the future development of Iowa City . Chapter 7 is an appendix with images and graphics to support various portions of the findings. Community's Vision and the Analysis Most importantly, the process of conducting the Form - Based Code analysis has allowed the consultant team to better understand the overarching vision and goals that the community maintains for each of the two study areas. With differing contexts and a unique set of issues voiced by their respective stakeholders, each of the study areas has been approached by looking through the community's lens. The intent of this process is that the recommendations mentioned in this report appropriately address concerns raised for these two distinct places within Iowa City. Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary Draft: August 9, 2017 1 7 Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary -1.2 Project Area Overview IOWA CITY STUDY AREAS Map of Northside Neighborhood Focus Area Extents a p N BELLAVISTA � iba ■il =. ��� illllfi I i list —llllli 1 � =1. II'1 ■:111 '� ' lis ' i 'il '� c ilii � ■ �� C III=11.-1`-° � I;• :11 I 11 1111 :Illy 'III! EII i= 1■ II II■ ■ ' ' YII■ - ■ =ilii 111 ' = 1 . IIs .111. dl i MARKET All -j j IEM ��--��..I SIN [��j1�j� M LTJ am-, l__I I. CII ❑ MI IH myJnll �T�l1�L� W O ............... . ••.'JEFFERSON"� Z Z K a z WI as ¢ IOWA Z m ] as Z_ Q U W U p O > O d O WASHINGTON 8 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Map of South District Focus Area Extents rer � R w 0 0 a u c r� a� Terry Truss Icad Recreation Area c way 0 Iowa City Kickers Soccer Park N F\______. -1.3 Summary of Visit 1 Staff Meetings OVERVIEW Opticos conducted a series of meetings with Iowa City staff during Visit 1 to discuss the status of various upcoming initiatives, plans, and surveys taking effect in Iowa City that may have an impact on the Form -Based Code Analysis. Opticos is examining these efforts as they relate to future planning decisions that will be made for improvements to the city. They will be considered as Opticos continues to develop their overall analysis and eventual Project Direction Report. Below is a summary of the various plans and efforts that will coincide with the timeline of the Form -Based Code Analysis. ►191.14:1i91.14:111.*91:19 '1 The Iowa City Parks and Forestry Division shared plans for an ongoing tree inventory to be completed by September 2017 that will assess the species makeup, health, risk factors, and condition ratings of city -owned trees throughout Iowa City. The majority of the data collected so far for the study has been to document the status of trees in the Northside neighborhood. There are currently concerns because of an anticipated loss of ash and maple trees in the next 20 years due to a vector rendering existing trees susceptible. In response, the city's policy is to plant diverse types of trees along the same streets, with most planting efforts being along street right-of-ways. There will be some efforts to replant along the Iowa River Trail; other maintenance in this area will include some removals, adjustments due to riverbank changes, as well as management of invasive species and undesirable plants and trees along the trail system. Trees such as oaks, birches, and sycamores will be considered as replacements for trees that inappropriate for the trail system. The city would like to follow precedent organizations such as Friends of the Urban Forest in developing a maintenance plan for new trees that are planted and prefer to avoid planting trees without enforcing a plan for tree maintenance. Street tree planting is being slowed in Iowa City because currently, trees are the last element to be incorporated in street design in order to accommodate utilities and other streetscape components. This often results in the planter strip lacking the optimal amount of space needed for street trees. Uel 1.1 i(c] IL 1_16311 :1 Ca a AL1 011 Another current undertaking of the Iowa City Parks and Forestry Division, in collaboration with a local consultant, is the "Gather Here" parks master plan. This plan focuses on Iowa City's active park areas and establishes a hierarchy and classification system to organize the different types of parks present. Additionally, the plan assesses lifespan, accessibility, and condition of existing facilities and guides the city in maintenance and additions to existing park spaces. The master plan draft has been completed and will be presented to city council on August 1, 2017. The Parks and Forestry Division expressed the need for this effort due to the current "patchwork' status of the park system, with the top priorities being the location and usability of the parks as community gathering spaces. They also expressed that they would embrace the community taking ownership of public land to maintain it as communal open space, such as a community garden. Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary NATURAL AREAS MASTER PLAN Another ongoing planning effort to assess the open spaces of Iowa City's Parks and Recreation system is the Natural Areas Master Plan. This plan will examine the value of less active spaces such as the greenway, prairie, and woodland areas of Iowa City and will inform a plan for the management and preservation of these spaces. This a 9 month project in collaboration with Ecological Services of Minnesota and the final plan is scheduled to be released in December of 2017. 1.1[will 4:1!IF-1114194:»W_1\I The Department of Neighborhood and Development Services has drafted a citywide bicycle master plan to evaluate and expand the existing bike infrastructure in Iowa City. The city worked alongside consultants to gather public input on the process of updating the bicycle network. The City Council reviewed and adopted this plan on August 1, 2017. RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY LAWS City staff are in the process of reviewing the implications of recent changes made by the State legislature limiting local control of residential occupancy. Careful coordination will be necessary to ensure that any proposed changes to zoning will work in tandem with the City's regulatory solutions to address maximum residential occupancy. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 9 Chapter 1: Project Overview & Visit 1 Summary -1.4 Visit 1 Meeting Agendas KICKOFF AND PUBLIC MEETING AGENDAS OPrico5 Iowa City Form -Based Code Analysis & Gnccpt Plans KickoffAgenda Meeting Dara February 14-16,2019 Prepared By: Location: Prepared On: Dat 1: Febnrary 14, 2017 9 Wan -1030. Meeting with city Staff 1030am-1230pm Drive study areas 1230pm-130pm Lunch 130pm 5:(X)pm Start Stakeholder meetings Meetings with Cit,, Staff (See attached for individual meeting schedules) 6:(X)pm-730pm Public Meeting 8:00pm Finished for the day Dat 2: Febnrary 15, 2017 9:(X)am-12:(X)Pm Stakeholder meetings (Sce attached for individual meeting schedules) 12:(X)pm-1:(X)pm Lunch 1: X)Pm 5:(X)pm Meetings with Cit,, Staff 6:(X)pm-730pm Public meeting H:(X)pm Finished for the day Dat 3: Febnrary I6 2017 9:OOam-10(X)pm Meeting with Staff 10:(X)am-11(X)pm Downa,marion 10 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Iowa City Form -Based Gds Analysis & Concept Plans Public Meeting Agenda Meering Dara February 14,2017 Prepared By: Location: Prepared On: PubLc Meet,,,,: Febn.ary 14' 6:00Pm-toI0Pm Introduction • 'Team/Partner Intros Project Descupsinn 9:10pm-6,20pm visual Survey exercise • Chancier/Building Preference Survey 6:20p n-to,%pm Presentation: Optic. Design • BuildingI'yPes • Archireaural/Neighborhood Scale • 'I'ools/approach for zoning code analysis Hick Chellm. Slides 630pm-730pm I'ahle Map Activity • Identitysrreets/spaces in smdy areas that work well • Identity streets/spaces in study areas that donor work well • IdenriW oPpnrtunity sites 730pm-7:45pm Participants Present their Maps X:(X)pm Wra'.P/Finished fnrthe day Summary of Findings forQ Northside Neighborhood 2, Draft: August 9, 2017 1 11 Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood -2.1 Documentation for Northside Neighborhood BASEMAPS FOR VISIT 1 ANALYSIS Illustrative Base Map UA W= i=`F; l "ate r'>W r'_ 4 _7MA '%1 =1Ni VA I Street Network Map Gathering background information and the preparation of basemaps for the project allowed us to begin to understand the street network, open space plan, existing zoning, potential areas of opportunity, and figure -ground relationships of the two study areas. 12 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 ADDITIONAL NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS Historic District and Conservation District Map IHi"I'AI6YI9 Brown Street ---{ Historic I District CHURCH L� �Fn i FFM Gilbert -Linn QLD Historic I E AIR E ! _ Goosetown/ I District Horace Mann DAVENPORT Conservation �� IIT DIStfICt BpL�OOMII;NGTON FT'�'F III ® p��''�TT�TT��py,�. MARKET li-�+y ! Jefferson Street R1' iL1 L.�..�..��M. I1 -1=i Historic'Distnct ^" JEFFERSON., W z o O W c cr z m m z- o v it 2 O ,� & Q .,O O C > . _ OWA Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood Aerial Map Draft: August 9, 2017 1 13 Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood -2.2 Summary of Northside Neighborhood Stakeholder Interviews OVERVIEW Opticos conducted a series of stakeholder interviews on February 14th and 15th at City Hall, during which 29 people were consulted on the two focus areas for the Form -Based Code Analysis. The meetings were scheduled by the City and consisted of an Opticos team member (John Miki and Dan Parolek) interviewing each stakeholder for 30 minutes about various aspects of the Northside Neighborhood and the South District Plan Area. Each of the two interviewers used a basic set of questions to help facilitate the discussion and to address key issues for each area. After reviewing all the individual comments from the 29 interviewees, several common themes emerged. These are summarized for each study area in their respective sections. There are additional comments at the end of this summary that did not necessarily represent a recurring theme among people interviewed, but were mentioned during the discussions for each focus area. RECURRING THEMES: NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD A. Lack of investment by landlords in rental properties Many of the interviewees expressed concern around rental property investment and maintenance, specifically regarding properties with undergraduate student tenants. They shared their desire to see more owner -occupied properties, and fewer instances of landlords who aren't available for maintenance concerns and caretaking of historic homes. 14 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is your favorite/ideal neighborhood (in Iowa City or elsewhere) and why? Peninsula Neighborhood with light commercial use, concealed parking, level of density; Longfellow neighborhood because of tree -lined streets, school, walkability, human scale; Northside for concentration of historic housing, lot depths, alleys, setbacks, history, and people; Pasadena, CA for neighborhood character, variety of scale, accessibility; Torrance, CA for small-scale bungalows, small streets, walkability and bikeability; Bel Air Neighborhood in Iowa City for access to downtown, location outside of University context. 2. If your vision were realized, what would the Northside Neighborhood look like in 25 years? It would have stability, higher home ownership, fewer absent landlords, students would learn to appreciate historic homes, more affordability, better redevelopment guidelines, street and sidewalk improvements, smaller units, more functional downtown area, infill development to permit diversity. 3. What concerns do you have about maintaining and preserving the historic character and value of the Northside Neighborhood? Stabilization and conservation, scale of buildings, status of landlords maintaining rental properties, home ownership, maintaining the Dubuque corridor, parking needs. 4. Should redevelopment be allowed/encouraged in the Northside? If so, where and under what circumstances? What character elements of the Northside Neighborhood would you like to see replicated in new development? Yes, vacant lots and parking lots can be rebuilt; it would be nice to see 1970s infill redeveloped; protections for Dubuque corridor are important; new development must speak architecturally to neighborhood; it would be nice to see neighborhood commercial development being implemented. 5. Are you aware of any issues regarding vehicle parking in the Northside Neighborhood? Yes, the south side of the neighborhood is particularly challenging; there seem to be more cars per unit than standards account for; commuter and student parking are presenting challenges with availability of space. parking and vacant lots used for infill development B. Examine infill opportunities for mixed-use development opportunities. A few people discussed the opportunity for infill development to offer more diversity of uses. Specifically, some people would like to see surface C. Increase walkability with improved sidewalks, pedestrian -friendly streets, and lighting Many people expressed that they enjoyed how walkable the Northside Neighborhood is, but they also expressed concerns about conditions of existing sidewalks or lack of sidewalks in certain parts of the neighborhood. There were many requests for street improvements, including proper lighting, outdoor seating/dining areas, and inviting streetscapes. D. Preservation of existing historic buildings and homes Several people talked about their concerns around preserving vulnerable parts of the historic buildings in the neighborhood, particularly along the Dubuque corridor. There were mild concerns about the Historic Preservation guidelines and committee providing the only regulations for protection. E. Address the neighborhood's parking issues and competing demands for parking space Many people expressed concerns about on -street parking in the neighborhood. Spaces are very difficult to come by as neighborhood residents are competing with commuter traffic and students adding to the number of parked cars on -street. Many residents are in favor of encouraging infill development, even if it requires replacing existing surface parking with new buildings. At the same time, business owners in the Northside Marketplace expressed concerns with ensuring an adequate parking supply to maintain a stable customer base. These two competing interests and goals have caused some tension in the neighborhood. Some suggestions included the building of common, remote lots for commuters and students, adding permitted parking to certain parts of the neighborhood, and better utilizing the existing alley network to accommodate additional parking. Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood Additional Comments: Northside Neighborhood Traffic calming necessary in certain places where crossing is dangerous for pedestrians Scale of buildings being built in Northside needs to be regulated more Addition of more ADUs/duplexes to provide access for owners to maintain homes . Neighborhood school (Horace Mann Elementary) is a staple and great example of a walkable community and historic building that residents would like to preserve Over time, renovations have improved; people would like to see this continue to be regulated • Aging in place, sense of community and identity are important elements for the Northside Neighborhood • Bike infrastructure and facilities need to be upgraded • Transit services are lacking in the Northside neighborhood; services don't extend very late into evening, causing safety concerns Public parks and open space could be better programmed in Northside Neighborhood Draft: August 9, 2017 1 15 11 A11 RL-ILW�-, ��- I I 0-tv 47 A I Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood -2.4 Northside Neighborhood Public Workshop SUMMARY Key themes from Northside Neighborhood workshop • Broken connectivity due to one-way streets have become safety hazard; need for traffic calming in many areas; alleys need improvements to be used effectively • Parks and other open spaces are a strength in the Northside; build upon these spaces and improve/program what is already there • Student housing market presents some challenges, specifically with regard to property maintenance and competition with families in market to rent • Parking continues to be an issue and there is a need for more of it in commercial areas; an aesthetically pleasing parking solution is needed • Street lights and other safety measures need to be implemented in certain parts of the Northside to improve walkability, (i.e. crossing Dubuque is very difficult) • Take advantage of infill opportunities in Northside for future development: vacant lots, unused buildings, parking lots 18 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Composite Map from Northside Neighborhood Workshop Mapping Exercise See page 90 of the Appendix for detailed comments and notes from the mapping exercise. KEY 9 — Strength • — Weakness . — Opportunity Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood BUILDING TYPE VISUAL EXERCISE: NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD The goal of this exercise was to discuss different building types with the participants of the public workshops. This was a great opportunity to talk about the concept of Missing Middle Housing and provided a means for participants to visualize and identify Missing Middle types in their neighborhood. —Building Preference Su The buildings shown here can be found In walkable neighborhoods In Iowa City or In the same region as Iowa City. Are they appropriate for Iowa City's slorthsltle neighborhood? When making your choice, be sure to consider eale © Is the size © Is the ngfnot Is the size of the building appropriate Is the of flat or fetcher? H Is the front neighborhooto d? sting builtlings in the facade relate o the name How does the neigM1borM1ootl? builtling relate to lM1e street? 7 ss�{t 6 :0LJ Explain any of your above cboo, - rr Explain any of your above choices El w, El q) 49p, so� Explain any of your above choices ® ❑ 01 ❑4 F1 Tb Explain any of your above choices. n,. lam ❑�k ❑V m ❑if ❑ E... � ❑k El EV Explain any of your above choices g tih� Explain any of your above choices BUILDING TYPES KEY Single -Family Home 00000 r - 3 5 9 12 14 D 18 21 TriplexlFourplex 000 Multiplex 000 Townhouse 0 Courtyard Building 0 See pages 82-85 of the Appendix for detailed notes and results of the survey. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 19 Chapter 2: Summary Of Findings For Northside Neighborhood This page intentionallyleh blank. 20 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 L Summary of Findings forK South District Plan Area , Draft: August 9, 2017 1 21 Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area -3.1 Documentation for South District Plan Area BASEMAPS FOR VISIT 1 ANALYSIS Illustrative Base Map Street Network Map Gathering background information and the preparation of basemaps for the project allowed us to begin to understand the street network, open space plan, existing zoning, potential areas of opportunity, and figure -ground relationships of the two study areas. 22 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 r� 0 c -y Street Network Map Gathering background information and the preparation of basemaps for the project allowed us to begin to understand the street network, open space plan, existing zoning, potential areas of opportunity, and figure -ground relationships of the two study areas. 22 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 ADDITIONAL SOUTH DISTRICT MAPS South District Plan Map d a 4ow MtlNm IXroI1�5M1/,A fam,�Rn11mW1 • ww .iiwwd'um nma.i[amJ WYy�IJ ■ v`iM4rri, ■ [nmawoY ■ MpeE UxnIyMUMm, mnvwwhl � Ylml M ,�NeRri A�Vn He[a' � hk,leDj�[n5px,/SeuilrtRrta ■ pMy Yip[yppNM * N6bA[hyeM' Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area L�i Aerial Map Draft: August 9, 2017 1 23 Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area 3.2 Summary of South District Plan Area Stakeholder Interviews RECURRING THEMES: SOUTH DISTRICT PLAN AREA A. Need for connectivity in street network, pedestrian connections, and bike infrastructure Many interviewees expressed concerns around connectivity in the South District Area, at all levels of travel modes. Highway and arterials are barriers to moving through the district and into other neighborhoods. Prevalence of cul-de-sacs and looped streets further exacerbates connectivity within the district and within neighborhoods. The area is mostly auto -focused, with a need for traffic slowing and calming. Bus service is limited in the area, particularly in the south and east side of the neighborhood. Bike infrastructure is good in places where it has been implemented, but lacks interconnectivity and remains fragmented in some areas. Many people requested widening of existing sidewalks and better access via sidewalk and path connections across arterial streets. B. Desire for more small-scale neighborhood retail centers SOUTH DISTRICT PLAN AREA STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is your favorite/ideal neighborhood (in Iowa City or elsewhere) and why? Longfellow Neighborhood for small houses, diversity of owners and renters, and access to downtown. 2. Can you name some examples of new housing or commercial buildings being built in Iowa City that fit into or improve the character of the surrounding neighborhood? Can you think of examples where a new development project does not seem to fit in? Are there any examples of new housing or commercial buildings that would be a good fit for South District neighborhoods? Why? Good apartment building at corner of Dubuque and Benton; bad example is complex on Keokuk Street on the west side, north of Sandusky; Walnut Ridge and Windsor Ridge are also bad examples due to low density; good commercial on S. Riverside is Kum & Go station. 3. What would make the South District Plan Area of Iowa City more walkable or bikeable? A more comprehensive network; interconnectivity within this area and connection to trails is important; walkable commercial development; mix of housing types; widening of more sidewalks; alignment of transit service times with workers' schedules; east side loop transit route; connectivity across arterial streets; removal of cul-de-sacs and dead ends; development of some areas as non -auto -focused; use the river as an opportunity; better access across Highway 6 and Sycamore; traffic calming strategies. 4. What elements from other places (inside or outside of Iowa City) inform how you would like to see the South District Plan Area develop? Walkable, dense development like Celebration is nice example; retail opportunities like the Peninsula Neighborhood has; aging in place as a concept to implement; small-scale shopping and gathering spaces. 5. If your vision was realized, what would the South District look like in 25 years? Several people mentioned a need for more dining and The greenway would be well-maintained, continuation of good design, signage and clear information, south shopping opportunities, at a neighborhood scale rather Sycamore wetlands would be better maintained for recreation, competitive prices for housing; neighborhood than the large, auto -oriented retail that currently exists. gathering spaces; safer route to Terry Trueblood; active parks, multi -income mix of residents, multi - The current commercial centers are not creating a sense of generational, minimal garage presence on street. community or encouraging people in the area to gather. C. Provide more accessible and diverse housing options Some people expressed concerns with tension in the D. Provide an environment that allows aging in place Many people discussed the need for a more diverse mix neighborhood around housing demand, especially with Aging in place was a common theme that emerged for of housing types and more accessible homes to serve the introduction of housing to serve lower-income families the South District. There were many requests for multi - range of incomes that are present in the neighborhood. and the cultural stigmas that present a barrier to this. generational spaces and uses to be implemented in the 24 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 community. There is a strong desire to create a diverse community through new neighborhood centers and gathering spaces. Additional Comments: South District Plan Area Traffic calming necessary in certain places where crossing is dangerous for pedestrians The Iowa River plays an important role in the city's fabric and does not receive enough attention or investment; people expressed the same about the nearby lake and wetlands in the South District Access to schools in the South District has been a challenge, given how many families live in the area; students are having to be sent to other parts of the city that are too far to be walkable Maintenance of older, run-down housing came up as a concern for the South District as well, though not as strongly as was seen for the Northside Neighborhood Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area Draft: August 9, 2017 1 25 Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area Draft: August 9, 2017 1 27 Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area -3.4 South District Plan Area Public Workshop 411LTA LTA le1Zvi Key themes from South District workshop Need for creating neighborhood centers around which to concentrate higher density development Build upon the established open spaces by creating a strong network of trails and parks; the existing open space opportunities need more connectivity to one another Establish effective public transportation to provide more access to different parts of the city Address housing options for the area; great opportunities for Missing Middle Housing; desire to accommodate housing needs for a range of families from different backgrounds Street connectivity needs improvement, including access across Highway 6, plan for extension of streets that do not go all the way through, and relief off of neighborhood streets being used as arterials 28 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Composite Map from South District Workshop Mapping Exercise See page 92 of the Appendix for detailed comments and notes from the mapping exercise. KEY • — Strength • — Weakness • — Opportunity 11■11INI►rem WAO 96Y■kA0*7:4.141 W AP161■11:111131:Ilots a Ill ► Wil :»_0 _Building Preference Survey The buildings shown here can be found In walkable neighborhoods In Iowa City or In the same region as Iowa City. Are they appropriate for Iowa City's South Development District and for the future development of southern Iowa City? When making your choice, be sure to consider eale © Is the size © Is the n4 Eartn Is the size of the g buiing appropriate Is the roof flat or pdcbetl? Is the front neigivetoexisting builtlings in the facade ildinwide e to thew?How does the neigM1borM1ootl? building relate to me street? N� Explain any of your above choices 1� IP, a Explain any of your above choices a� 04T 0 Explain any of your above once, loanS 04, Ov Explain any of your above once, m ❑� ❑�,' Explain any of your above once, El IV Explain any of your above choic Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area 11 12 ■ ■ ■ ■ t �: tlna LF l r 1 If , A ❑s� 0".' El 4, El BUILDING TYPES KEY Single -Family Home 00 Duplex 000 Triplex2Fourplex 0 Multiplex 00 r r 13 15 18 20 21 n ■ - ■ 1a ■ ■ 4 6 12 . ❑� )p See pages 86-89 of the Appendix for detailed notes and results of the survey. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 29 © 0 04, 0V 10 0 04, 0V Explain any of your above choices N� Explain any of your above choices 1� IP, a Explain any of your above choices a� 04T 0 Explain any of your above once, loanS 04, Ov Explain any of your above once, m ❑� ❑�,' Explain any of your above once, El IV Explain any of your above choic Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area 11 12 ■ ■ ■ ■ t �: tlna LF l r 1 If , A ❑s� 0".' El 4, El BUILDING TYPES KEY Single -Family Home 00 Duplex 000 Triplex2Fourplex 0 Multiplex 00 r r 13 15 18 20 21 n ■ - ■ 1a ■ ■ 4 6 12 . ❑� )p See pages 86-89 of the Appendix for detailed notes and results of the survey. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 29 Chapter 3: Summary Of Findings For South District Plan Area This page intentionallyleh blank. 30 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Parking & Transportation Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 1 31 Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis -4.1 Northside Neighborhood Parking Analysis OVERVIEW In preparation for the on-site meetings and discussions, TND Engineering engaged the services of Hawk City Productions' to conduct an aerial photographic survey of existing on and off-street parking in the Northside Neighborhood using drone technology. Hawk City collected more than 70 photos of the more than 70 blocks comprising the Northside Neighborhood parking Study Area. This study area is not identical with the coding study area; the parking study area is depicted on the map to the right. These aerial photos, all taken the morning of Thursday, February 9, 2017, were then analyzed to count locations of parked vehicles (Washington Park area example shown). As there had been a light snow during the night before, in many locations the overnight locations of vehicles were evident by the "footprints' left in the snowcover. The photo analysis was then compiled into a map format. The locations of vehicles parked on the streets was accomplished without much difficulty. However, since the on -street parking in most locations is not by designated and striped spaces, the "available- or possible number of parked vehicles is less certain. To explain, when parking areas are striped or otherwise specifically designated, one or more vehicles "out of place" or not parked as efficiently as might be the case with designated parking, can disturb the available spaces count. ' https.Ilhawkcityproductions. com 32 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND OVERVIEW OF PARKING STUDY AREA To briefly illustrate, whereas striped parking may place parked vehicles within a few feet of each other, unstriped and more casual parking may find parked vehicles with much more space between them- but not enough space to accommodate another parked vehicle. As a result, a block that could theoretically accommodate 15 parked vehicles may only see 12 or so parked vehicles as representing a "full" condition. Both the "footprints" from the snow (including one vehicle not yet moved), and the irregular parking may be seen in the aerial photo example. The on -street parking is free except for small sections near the hospital. From 8AM to 5PM, drivers parking vehicles are asked to place their parked vehicles on opposing sides of the street, depending on odd and even calendar dates. In addition, there are a number of parking areas, essentially all of which are informal in terms of layout, where vehicles are parked off street and midblock, often along and beside alleys. These vehicles were also tallied as best as could be seen. The theoretical capacity of the off-street parking is completely theoretical as double and triple parking, among many creative parking methods observed, are common off-street. While outside the Northside Neighborhood study area, there are five nearby parking ramps or garages that are used for public parking. These ramps are designated as the Chauncey Swan, Capitol Street, Dubuque Street, Tower Place and Court Street ramps, which altogether have a capacity of 3,086 spaces. These spaces are monitored by the City, and available spaces are also shown online in real time with the "Parkme- 'https.11ivww.parkme.com/iowa-city-ia-parking wally wM9p cvrM INal �apr or w a..dn *xw aro. r•w fAh application' or "app A recent example screenshot of the parkme site is shown- the app also shows the locations of some surface parking areas primarily to show locations only. Parking is a resource that can be managed in a number of ways. In some locations, especially those which do not experience snow, relatively new parking space sensors are effective at providing real time data of every location of a parked vehicle- this same technology can work in ramps and other covered areas subject to snow. Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis jLj IL; W PARKING [0 IS CALENDAR DATES ` 8AM-5PM l MEWBUNDAYS • i caay...ch cu+w a.0 ar.n .�.••• application' or "app A recent example screenshot of the parkme site is shown- the app also shows the locations of some surface parking areas primarily to show locations only. Parking is a resource that can be managed in a number of ways. In some locations, especially those which do not experience snow, relatively new parking space sensors are effective at providing real time data of every location of a parked vehicle- this same technology can work in ramps and other covered areas subject to snow. Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis jLj IL; W PARKING [0 IS CALENDAR DATES ` 8AM-5PM l MEWBUNDAYS Anyone looking for a parking space can sense when none are available by driving around and not finding a space, for that individual, the supply is "full Absent the technology to monitor every parked vehicle as mentioned above, parking managers typically express parking supplies as "full' if 85% of the spaces are occupied (this is also termed "practical capacity-). This level of occupied spaces is essentially the industry standard of the balance between having too much parking, which can be an expensive waste of resources, and driver frustrations looking for spaces to park when none exist. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 33 • r W9 r r s Anyone looking for a parking space can sense when none are available by driving around and not finding a space, for that individual, the supply is "full Absent the technology to monitor every parked vehicle as mentioned above, parking managers typically express parking supplies as "full' if 85% of the spaces are occupied (this is also termed "practical capacity-). This level of occupied spaces is essentially the industry standard of the balance between having too much parking, which can be an expensive waste of resources, and driver frustrations looking for spaces to park when none exist. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 33 Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis The ramps were all "full" during the study period, especially the Capitol and Tower ramps that were effectively full by any standard, as shown below, with "effective" approximate 85% full times highlighted in orange (the locations of these ramps are shown in the appendix). In the Northside Neighborhood, the percentage of available on -street spaces occupied is impacted by the variability of parking in unstriped areas discussed above. However, the block sizes and layouts are largely consistent in most of the Northside Neighborhood, so a range of occupancies were studied. In estimating the amount of available parking, TND Engineering has routinely used a length of 22' for each parked vehicle which is somewhat conservative. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) uses a range of 22' to 26' for on -street parallel parking stall length'. Iowa City's Zoning Code (Section 5A) describes a minimum parking space size of 9' by 18' (intended at least primarily for off-street spaces), but also depicts parallel parking as 9' by 22' and Why 19' for compact vehicles, as shown to the right'. 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With 15 available spaces, the 85% threshold is I met with 12.75 spaces, or 13, being occupied. However, if the upper range of 26' from the MUTCD is used, then the theoretical supply is reduced to approximately 12 spaces and the 85% threshold is then met is 11 spaces are occupied. It may be seen from this brief analysis that a small change (from 11 to 13 vehicles) can meet the threshold of "full", I and even if the lower length of 22' is used, one or two vehicles parked slightly out of "proper" spacing can easily reduce the capacity along that street. Looking at the actual locations of parked vehicles on each street, it was determined that 11 or more parked vehicles on a street would likely most often be perceived as "full" - largely due to the variable nature of unstriped parking. Using this standard, the "full" areas of the Northside Neighborhood are shaded in orange below (additional detail, including the actual count of parked vehicles along each street, is contained on appendix images). Conversely, the areas not shaded orange were not "full" and this is all consistent with at least most of the resident ' and staff impressions of parking in the Northside Neighborhood today. 10�m Cine PM Vor�}ceidc V hm.rC WorkingI Lec fi Study Area—f Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis N W E Draft: August 9, 2017 1 35 Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis -4.2 Summary of Parking & Transportation Interviews and Meetings OVERVIEW Several interviews were held in Iowa City on March 21 with residents and City staff. Some residents were unable to attend these sessions and follow-up telephone interviews with these people were also conducted. The general themes seemed largely consistent with those documented previously by other team members from Opticos Design, and several parking -related concerns and ideas were expressed, in no particular order as follows: . The University has wait lists for its parking facilities, some of up to 15 years . The University does not allow residents of the City to park in its commuter lots • Vehicles with University stickers on their windshields are not allowed to park in neighborhoods . The one-way streets came up several times, some feel that the conversion of Market and Jefferson may be the first and easiest to consider . Most of the attendees at the Churches arrive by vehicle . People expressed concerns that the on -street parking was lacking, especially in the portions of the neighborhood closest to the downtown and University. The additional sense was that the areas closest to the downtown were probably being used by commuters as they were "full all the time" whether the University was in session or not Several residents said that each year the August new students moving in and "learning the rules" was difficult, but all spoken with said it was also simply a short term annual rite of passage 36 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Similarly, since almost all of the parking in the Northside Neighborhood is free of charge, and most of the downtown has time limits and fees associated with parking, residents believe some of the downtown's patrons and University students are being shifted into the neighborhoods for parking Concerns were expressed for the use of on -street parking during the day by non-residents, including: students; commuters; and, to a lesser extent, City personnel Several residents stated interest in a fee-based parking system that invested all or most of the revenue into the neighborhood, possibly as a "parking benefit district" At least one local developer has decoupled parking from the residential rentals and they will separately lease parking to others if the immediately nearby resident is unwilling or unable to pay for the parking otherwise associated with that unit. Some residents said they were aware of this policy and feel it contributes to the over -use of the free on -street parking The City's even/odd parking requirement for shifting vehicles to alternate sides of the street some feel is still being abused by some (perceived to be students) to store vehicles on the street as moving the vehicle is not seen as a large burden However, to at least one resident, the reverse concern was expressed: the shifting of vehicles to either side of the street was said to be confusing and problematic Others stated that the system "would be annoying- but that since they had adequate off-street parking, they do not need it Concern was expressed for a lack of parking for the mobility -impaired, especially near the parks It was suggested that the City explore variable parking pricing models; Cedar Rapids was mentioned as a possible exemplar Some residents said they would consider resident -only permit parking for on -street parking to help ensure availability of spaces OTHER ISSUES During the interviews, other topics of concern were raised that do not directly concern parking. Those issues that came up repeatedly and in, again, no particular order, included: . The need for sidewalk improvements came up a few times. One resident said the City might consider a program that could fund residents paying for these improvements using City assisted interest-free loans Traffic speeds and the need for traffic calming came up repeatedly. The streets were expressed as being "very wide" by many While at least one resident stated that it was a pet peeve to avoid it, others felt the need to ride bicycles on sidewalks instead of in the street The need for better lighting came up, with the caveat that such lighting be of pedestrian scale (this term was not used, but that is what was meant) . The alleys were mentioned several times, as areas where students sometimes parked inappropriately. Alleys were also mentioned as being routes used by some drivers for cut -through driving. It was stated that the alleys have no traffic control measures, and that this lack contributes to bad driving behavior . Some residents expressed concern over sight distances from driveways and alley exits, stating that some parkers parked too close to both, impairing visibility TND Engineering walked several miles through the neighborhood on March 20 from the late afternoon into the early night hours. Dozens of photos were taken, and those are still being reviewed, but some initial observations are relevant in light of the residents' comments. Vehicle speeds were perceived as high for a neighborhood of this sort. While radar checks were not conducted, uncomfortable vehicle speeds were noted along the one-way streets and also on Church Street which is a primarily uncontrolled east/west street. As the evening progressed, the lack of street lighting became quite noticeable. The existing street lights are large, high "cobra" vehicle -oriented lights. These lights are placed primarily at intersections. While one time Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis considered effective for these purposes, such lights do not illuminate pedestrian sidewalks and they also conversely spill light into areas where the lighting may not be desired in residences. Current technology allows cameras to almost "see in the dark" as shown below in the top right image, but the top left image shows how the same area—at the same time— actually appears to the eye. Several bicyclists were seen bicycling on the sidewalks, except one group of `Class A" riders. This is another indication of at least the perception of the need for traffic calming. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 37 Chapter 4: Parking & Transportation Analysis The South District was toured briefly by vehicle on March 21. Several preliminary observations were apparent. TND Engineering has started to design street cross section details to further the South District conversations. 38 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 The streets are wide and not well-connected. Similar to the Northside Neighborhood, even despite good signage and the availability of a dedicated bicycle lane, bicycles were observed using sidewalks. The streets, even during early stages of construction, appear to have speeding problems, or the perception thereof, and speed humps (vertical deflections) were noticed. Iowa city Zoning Analysis 5 Draft: August 9, 2017 1 39 L Q M Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis -5.1 Graphic 3-D Buildouts of Existing Zones The following analysis reviews the existing intent and . In the CB -5 zone, parking is only required for standards for two single-family residential zones, one residential uses, while the market is currently multi -family residential zone, and two commercial zones. requesting additional parking for commercial uses. This analysis summarizes the zone's intent, the allowable building envelope and typical form that results from , Maximum height requirements allowed by the applying the zone's standards, along with the limiting commercial zones have the potential to render new factors and issues that we observed. These observations buildings that are much taller than the existing are intended to expose the strengths and weaknesses of context. The height limit is too high to truly preserve the current zoning. Generally, the following observations the existing character. stand out as worthy of further discussion. . The residential zones intend to generate compatible development and mostly do so, with some challenges. However, the residential zones allow much more volume and building area than one would expect in some of Iowa City's neighborhoods. This is because of the requirements focusing on setbacks, height, and building coverage. Meanwhile, the building depth in particular goes unaddressed (See diagrams on the following pages for residential zones). . In general, setbacks and height requirements do not vary much at all across single-family and multi -family residential zones, creating similar patterns across different intended levels of intensity. . The Historic Preservation Handbook enacts additional standards on top of base zoning, as well as other standards buried within the zoning code. For example, buildings in the Central Planning District (referenced in the zoning code) must follow additional regulations. This results in multiple layers of standards to follow, which can become convoluted and confusing to navigate in the code. 40 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Base regulations for some of the zones do not offer protections of shopfronts and other historic elements that the Central District Plan calls for. The above issues have been mostly addressed through the base zones of the zoning code. However, some standards of the code are still allowing out -of -context development to occur in the Northside Neighborhood. The studies on the following pages examine these issues in depth and show examples of places within the zones studied for the analysis. The photo examples demonstrate conditions that are either allowable by the code or that were in place prior to the adoption of the code. IOWA CITY ZONING MAP: NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD P2 P2 sePi upi / RS8 S RS5 y �\ P I RS8 o0o I 1 13 BROWN RONALOS ■� iyy{�]�X'1i7�•�fii� �yl']T'Y ■WIIK.X% (:(�Y CHURCH f% iSST: l[i1Lt]�: p1 �] f hJNJC 5Cw vL P1 !d_iF �y _ I Ui Ea ED nnI DAVENPORT 4111- ' MH I"��iiJ- 001I ♦I �P1! MARKET C01 L�T�JJ LIJ.LLl_.. — w�'=1 co, - �S-8 ..'D'I Py' P2 RM12 's s Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis 1 Legend Rural Randentlal THH) Community Ferri FPS) Low Density smglaFamly Residential (Rsb5 Central eusmes servlce(Caz) Mcmum Pautty smglaRamly Renal (Rse) Central eusmes Suppon(Ce6) ]High Density singl Famly Residential TS12) Cental eusness(CB10) calgnmmoob sramraeon Resaenual(RNs12) ®mlen:ke Commerual(Cit) Lds, Density M c Family Renal (RM12) Paul H a stna1(11) ry gnbomoon Stabalizaturn Renal (RNS20) H-1 lini(12) Mea um Density MuntitFamilly Residual RM20 Research Discernment Park (ROP) -Hgn Density Mum Family Residential (RM61) `Office Research Park, (ORP) - Planned High Density M IY Family Residential (PRM)11111,Interim Discernment Mum Family Residential (ID RM) -Mxea Ilse(Mil) Interim Discernment SinglFamily Residual d DuRd OCommercal Olfice(FOl) -interim Discernment Ran Park d Di Negbbomooa Comme¢a1(CNi) ®Neighborhood Public (Pi) Hlgbway Cemme¢Ial(CHl) = InsNutenal Public Pte Overlays enn.arvelnn once Ceerlay )Cco) o y Pd,,-0-1,(Strut H. ouo-e Di (Di \WN Pbnn,dD—Irpmam Ci (DPD) Cry(..., F.,nd, Historic Landmarks Draft: August 9, 2017 1 41 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis -RS-8 Medium Density Single -Family Residential Zone Zone Intent Statement The purpose of the medium density single-family residential zone (RS -8) is primarily to provide for the development of small lot single-family dwellings. The regulations are intended to create, maintain, and promote livable neighborhoods. The regulations allow for some flexibility of dwelling types to provide housing opportunities for a variety of household types. Special attention should be given to site design to ensure the development of quality neighborhoods. Nonresidential uses and structures permitted in this zone should be planned and designed to be compatible with the character, scale, and pattern of the residential development. Issues Resulting from Current Regulations . There are no form standards regulating building depth, allowing unpredictable results in the building size and the remaining rear yard space. . The minimum lot width for the interior lot example is 45', though many 40' lots exist in this zone. Per the code, this can be reduced with the application of the single-family density bonus. . 70 ft. min. lot size is likely too large to truly encourage duplex use. . The maximum height allowance of 35' seems high for this zone (this occurs consistently across single-family zones). The zoning code does not define story height; the Historic Preservation Handbook sets a stricter height limit when applied on top of the base zoning standards. 42 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Lot Area 5,000 sf min. 8,700 sf min. 4,350 sf min. 5,000 sf min. Lot Width 45 ft. min. 70 ft. min. 20/28 ft. min. 45 ft. min. Building Coverage 45% max. 45% max. 45% max. 45% max. Front Setback Coverage 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. Building Width 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Lot Area/Unit 5,000 sf min. 4,350 sf min. 4,350 sf min. n/a Height 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. Q Front Setback 15 ft. min. 15 ft. min. 15 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 0 Rear Setback 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Q Side Setbacks 5/7 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. 0/10 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. 'Q Off -Street Parking 1 space/du min. 1 space/du min. 1 space/du min. No min. requirement *Standard for Minimum Lot Frontage not shown because it does not apply to Northside Neighborhood lot pattern examined for this study. 0 corner Lot Example ©interior Lot Example ass Rse L'fILG'. xE Boa wk Rs0 T is II. . hr NIP%Y -1L FYM t M R£ P1 • � X11# P' 3. c� cm :._.`F ZxIF w H _ s "" 19 0 C A cm fiillG tilille P M ZONING LOCATOR MAP o RS -8 Zone WHAT DOES THIS ZONE ALLOW? Building Envelope ra i i r C Limiting Factors Historic Preservation Plan Height Limit Allowed Density/Uses Example of build -out based on the current zoning code standards and with the Historic Preservation Handbook guidelines applied Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis A lack of limitations on building depth allows for extremely long forms and does not preserve the rear yard. Build -Out Assu mptions: 1. Corner lot shows duplex use, interior lot shows detached single-family use. 2. Additional HPHandbookrequiremCts: a. Surface area of the street elevation of a new primary structure must be less than 1,200 sf(existing primarystrwmres must not be expanded to surpass this) b. New structures must be 1.5 or 2 stories in height C. Parking areas must not be located between the principal building and the street; garage doors cannot face street iflocated in primary building d. The width of the front facade ofnew buildings must not exceed 40 feet without articulating the horizontal plane of any street -facing facade F 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 1 43 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis RNS-12 Neighborhood Stabilization Residential Zone Zone Intent Statement The purpose of the neighborhood stabilization residential zone (RNS-12) is to stabilize certain existing residential neighborhoods by preserving the predominantly single- family residential character of these neighborhoods. Provisions in this zone prevent the conversion or redevelopment of single-family uses to multi -family uses. However, existing conforming multi -family uses retain their conforming status when rezoned to RNS-12. Issues Resulting from Current Regulations . There are no form standards regulating building depth, allowing unpredictable results in the building size and the remaining rear yard space. . The minimum lot width for the interior lot example is 45' (with no density exceptions permitted), though many 40' lots exist in this zone. . The zoning code also does not define story height; the Historic Preservation Handbook sets a stricter height limit when applied on top of the base zoning standards. 44 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Lot Area 5,000 sf min. 6,000 sf min. 5,000 sf min. 5,000 sf min. Lot Width 45 ft. min. 45 ft. min. 45 ft. min. 45 ft. min. Building Coverage 40% max. 40% max. 40% max. 40% max. Front Setback Coverage 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. Building Width 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Lot Area/Unit 5,000 sf min. 3,000 sf min. Existing n/a Height 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. 35 ft. min. 35 ft. min. Q Front Setback 15 ft. min. 15 ft. min. 15 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 0 Rear Setback 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Q Side Setbacks 5/7 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. Q' Off -Street Parking 1 space/du min. 1 space/du min. Varies No min. requirement *Standard for Minimum Lot Frontage not shown because it does not apply to Northside Neighborhood lot pattern examined for this study. 0 corner Lot Example ©interior Lot Example ass Rsa � e I � .. �.. ■ x xrm `� >s.. � Rsa .PI r. .[MILD a P^ R: Rsa -6 --- col oo. a �e col P� Rim ZONING LOCATOR MAP o RNS-12 Zone 149 7 L119 Bill *2 9.16341110114_11111117 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Limiting Factors JL Lot in RNS-12 Zone without Historic Preservation or Conservation District Overlay Maximum Building Coverage and built prior to the adoption of the Central Planning District Multi -Family District Building Setbacks Site Development Standards. Example of build -out based on the current zoning code standards and with the Historic Preservation Handbook guidelines applied Build -Out Assumptions: 1. Corner lot shows duplex use; interior lot shows detached single-family use. 2. Additional HP Handbook requirements: a. Surface area of the street elevation Of new primary structure must be less than 1,200 sf (existing primaryStructures must not be expanded to surpass this) b. New structures must be 1.5 or 2 stories in height C. Parking areas must not be located between the principal building and the street; garage doors cannot face street iflocated in primary building d. The width of the front facade ofnew buildings must not exceed 40 feet without articulating the horizontal plane of any street -facing facade Draft: August 9, 2017 1 45 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis RM -44 High Density Multi -Family Residential Zone Zone Intent Statement The purpose of the high density multi -family residential zone (RM -44) is to establish areas for the development of high density, multi -family dwellings and group living quarters. Properties zoned RM -44 should be located with good access to all city services and facilities, including public transportation services. Vehicular access and parking should be designed carefully to ensure efficient traffic and pedestrian circulation on adjacent streets. Due to the high density permitted in this zone, careful attention to site design is expected to ensure that buildings are compatible with surrounding land uses and that a quality living environment will be maintained over time. Issues Resulting from Current Regulations . There are no form standards for maximum building depth and building width, yielding unpredictable results in building size and configuration; this discourages the concept of multi -family uses in a house -form building. . The zoning code regulates overall height rather than defining story height, which has the potential to yield an unpredictable building form. 46 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Lot Area 5,000 sf min. 5,000 sf min. 5,000 sf min. Lot Width No min. No min. No min. Building Coverage 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. Front Setback Coverage 50% max. 50% max. 50% max. Building Width 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Lot Area/Unit 500 sf min. (Varies) 500 sf min. (Varies) n/a Height 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. 35 ft. max. Q Front Setback 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Q Rear Setback 20 ft. min. 20 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. Q Side Setbacks 5/7 ft. min. 5/7 ft. min. 20 ft. min. Q Off -Street Parking 1 space/du min. (varies) 1 space/du min. (varies) Varies *Standard for Minimum Lot Frontage not shown because it does not apply to Northside Neighborhood lot pattern examined for this study. 0 corner Lot Example ©interior Lot Example RE, R50 it ZONING LOCATOR MAP �a'�dCSMK _ o RM -44 Zone 149 7 L119 Bill *2 9.16341110114_11111117 Building Envelope l� ©/_qqWii © Lot Setback y .\`O Limiting Factors Maximum Building Coverage Lot Area/Unit Maximum Height ii Example of build -out based on the current zoning code standards and Multi -Family Development Standards Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Prior to adoption of the Multi -Family Site Development Standards, resulting buildings in this zone had facades that don't relate well to the street and sidewalk. The Multi -Family Site Development Standards were added to regulate building form and frontage considerations so that buildings would better relate to the street and sidewalks. Build -Out Assumptions: 1. Corner lot shows group multi-familyUse, interior lot shows multi-familyUse. 2. Lots do not share aside boundary with single-familyresidential zone. 3. Additional Multi -Family Site Development Standards: a. Street -facing walls that are greater than 50 feet in length must be articulated with bays, projections, or recesses b. Bays and projections must beat least 6feet wide and at least 16 inches but not more than 6 feet in depth; recesses must beat least 6 feet in width and have a depth of at least 16 inches Draft: August 9, 2017 1 47 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis CB -2 Central Business Service Zone Zone Intent Statement The central business service zone (CB -2) is intended to allow for the orderly expansion of the central business district of Iowa City, to serve as a transition between the intense land uses located in the central business district and adjoining areas, to enhance the pedestrian orientation of the central area of the city, and to provide suitable, peripheral locations for auto oriented commercial and service uses. This zone is intended to accommodate mixed land uses but at a lower intensity than permitted in the other central business zones. Issues Resulting from Current Regulations • When surface parking is used, the current off-street parking requirement either cuts into the building square footage or consumes a large portion of the lot area. . The high maximum height limit could present an issue with the massing of buildings being incompatible with the rest of the area. . There are currently no standards for the protection of the historic shopfronts of this area, even though the Central District Plan calls for their preservation. 48 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Lot Area None Lot Width None FAR 2 Lot Area/Unit 435 sf min. (1 bedroom unit) Height 0 ft. min.; 45 ft. max. Front Setback 0 ft. min.; 12 ft. max. Rear Setback 0 ft. min. Side Setbacks 0 ft. min. Off -Street Parking 1 space/300 sf floor area *Standard for Minimum Lot Frontage not shown because it does not apply to Northside Neighborhood lot pattern examined for this study. QCorner Lot Example ©Interior Lot Example RE, �m�m�M ZONING LOCATOR MAP �"iC34✓d' _ o CB -2 Zone 149 7 L119 Bill *2 9.16341110114_11111117 . r Lot Set Limiting Factors FAR Off -Street Parking Requirements (Surface Parking) Example of build -out based on the current zoning code Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Current form and frontage standards ensure that new buildings have main street characteristics. However, the community has had to rely on negotiated agreements during rezoning processes to address concerns about building scale, design, and residential density. Build -Out Assumptions: 1. Cornerlot shows retail, sales oriented use, interiorlot shows retail, personal service oriented use. 2. Interiorlot example is compliant solong as additional parkingislocated elsewhere for this lot. **Corner ]Of example includes structured parking. 3. Additional Central Business Site Development Standards: a. Parking and loading are not permitted for the first 30' oflot depth, measured from the front building line b. For buildings greater than Min width, the horizontal plane of any street - facing facade must be broken into modules that give the appearance Of smaller, individual storefronts not to exceed Min width and to be distinguished from adjacent modules c. For buildings less than Min width, the street -facing wall must be articulated Draft: August 9, 2017 1 49 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis CB -5 Central Business Support Zone Zone Intent Statement The purpose of the central business support zone (CB - 5) is to allow for the orderly expansion of the central business district in accordance with the comprehensive plan; to serve as a transition between the intense land uses located in the central business district and adjoining areas; and to enhance the pedestrian orientation of the central area of the city. This zone is intended to accommodate mixed land uses, but at a lower intensity than permitted in the CB -10 district. The mixture of land uses permitted in this zone requires special consideration of building and site design. To control traffic and provide for the most efficient use of land and parking facilities, special consideration of the amount and location of parking areas is also required. To encourage developments that contain features providing a public benefit, a bonus in floor area ratio or dwelling unit density may be granted. Issues Resulting from Current Regulations . The high maximum height limit could present an issue with the massing of buildings being incompatible with the rest of the area, given that most existing buildings in this zone are 3 stories or less, with one building reaching 4 stories. The height limit is too high to truly preserve the existing character. . The current zoning only requires parking for residential uses, while the market is currently requesting additional parking for commercial uses. 50 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Lot Area None Lot Width None FAR 3 Lot Area/Unit No min. Height 25 ft. min.; 75 ft. max. Q Front Setback 0/10 ft. min.; 12 ft. max. 0 Rear Setback 0 ft. min. 0 Side Setbacks 0 ft. min. Q' Off -Street Parking 0.5 space/du (1 bedroom unit); only required for residential uses *Standard for Minimum Lot Frontage not shown because it does not apply to Northside Neighborhood lot pattern examined for this study. QCorner Lot Example ©Interior Lot Example ,-B q I "In' Sa e kf4C B 1 aM YJih' NU:I Rsa Pi R. I� ii.. Rse_ ' 0F: 11F7 EV& .2 Ell ZONING LOCATOR MAP =1 CB -5 Zone 149 7 L119 Bill *2 9.16341110114_11111117 Building Envelope ,f -Y i i 4 ky 1 Q � Lot Setback i Limiting Factors FAR' Example of build -out based on the current zoning code Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis For infill sites where parking can be feasibly structured within the building envelope, building scale is limited by the maximum floor area ratio (FAR), which may yield less predictable results than controlling building scale by establishing a height limit that is appropriate to the community context. Build -Out Assumptions: 1. Corner lot shows household living use; interior lot shows mixed use (no parking requirement). 2.**LimitiogfactorinCB-5formixeduse without residential example. 3. Additional Central Business Site Development Standards: a. Parking and loading are not permitted for the first 30' oflot depth, measured from the front building line b. For buildings greater than Min width, the horizontal plane of any street - facing facade must be broken into modules that give the appearance Of smaller, individual storefronts not to exceed Min width and to be distinguished from adjacent modules c. For buildings less than Min width, the street -facing wall must be articulated Draft: August 9, 2017 1 51 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis This page intentionallyleh blank. 52 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 5.2 Summary of Key Findings from Zoning Analysis Iowa City's current zoning code has many strengths and offers protections to preserve and maintain the existing character of historic neighborhoods and to begin guiding future development for new neighborhoods. However, some limiting factors make it difficult to regulate certain elements of new buildings and ensure the level of diversity in housing options desired for the Northside Neighborhood and for the South District Plan Area. Specifically in the Northside Neighborhood, there is a desire expressed by the community for the preservation of the Northside Marketplace and its existing character. Currently, the CB -2 and CB -5 zones do not have preservation incentives, leading to uncertainty for this area. In many cases, additional regulations, such as those required by the Historic Preservation Handbook and the special considerations for the Central Planning District add layers to the requirements of the base zoning. These additional standards have been taken into account as well for this analysis. The following summary highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the existing zoning standards following the graphic sample analysis of various zones in the project focus area. Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 1 53 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis OW7k191167:10S97IW146]►1I►W21611]:11ZH49:11 III IW O PROTECTIONS FOR HISTORIC CHARACTER OF IOWA CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS • Site Development Standards ensure articulation and other design considerations are enforced for new buildings • Parking placement requirements ensure that screening and visibility are taken into consideration • FAR and Building Coverage Limits ensure massing and size of new buildings is compatible with surrounding context 54 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 © LOW DENSITY ZONES ALLOW FOR DUPLEXES AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS • Even the least intense single-family zones allow duplexes, attached single-family uses, and accessory dwelling units, paving the way for introducing Missing Middle Housing types into the neighborhood © PARKING IS NOT A LIMITING FACTOR IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES • The minimum parking requirement of 1 space per dwelling unit for two-family uses is a great starting point for allowing a diversity of housing and Missing Middle Housing types into the neighborhood; due to the extensive number of student rentals in the neighborhoods near campus, including the Northside Neighborhood, this base requirement increases for higher occupancy rental units. 101 K9:film 1161:0S9:1rI(e]►11►W216111:12IQ9■ZH49:11IIN O MULTIPLE LAYERS OF REGULATIONS ------------ .I,I.,o mors cna. �L=.-,re aam N„wm— cnavtOI NTOOOJCTOO POOmsovs Pfli CLE P. TITI . PPPLICPOILITY.. PJflPOSE �I� g� ' mea � Ana Town Om mmlmo Oooe t �v.mrvn�I���vwe�a Additional layers of supplemental regulations have been added, particularly to protect historic and conservation districts, but add to the challenge of navigating requirements for certain zones. In many cases, parcels have multiple overlays and standards in addition to the base zoning requirements. These standards and overlays include: • Title 14 Zoning Code • Central Planning District Requirements • Planned Development Overlay Zone • Conservation District Overlay Zone • Historic District Overlay Zone • Central Business Site Development Standards (X © CONCERNS WITH FORM STANDARDS IN VARIOUS ZONES • Setbacks, maximum height limit, and building coverage requirements do not vary across single-family residential zones, making for a similar context and not much differentiation in intent • Maximum height in CB -5 zone could yield results that are not aligned with existing context • Lack of maximum building width regulation in the code could lead to buildings in Northside Neighborhood zones that are out of scale and with massing that does not fit the surrounding context • Metrics do not truly enable a diverse range of building types Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis © NEED FOR CONTROLS IN C13-2 AND C13-5 ZONES TO PRESERVE CHARACTER • There are currently no standards for the protection of the historic shopfronts of this area, even though the Central District Plan calls for their preservation • Rather than using other tools, such as form controls and height, to regulate development in commercial zones, parking is presented as a limiting factor P r Kf4A]l Draft: August 9, 2017 1 55 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis -5.3 Analysis of Multi -Family & Historic District Design Standards OVERVIEW A combination of design standards within the Iowa City Zoning Code and the Historic Preservation Handbook offer protections to preserve the character of Iowa City's neighborhoods. This analysis examines the intent, strengths, and weaknesses of these efforts, specifically reviewing the multi -family residential standards and the Historic Preservation Handbook guidelines. MULTI -FAMILY ZONING STANDARDS Dimensional Requirements The dimensional requirements for the multi -family residential zones provide a significant starting point for regulating the lot sizes and the scale of buildings that contribute to the character of each zone. In general, the standards are somewhat effective at preserving the existing character of multi -family zones, but lack certain regulations that could offer additional protections. For example, the maximum building coverage standard in the dimensional requirements helps to regulate building massing and scale. However, the lack of a maximum building width or maximum building depth requirement currently allows quite a bit of leniency in the building form itself. The Multi -Family Site Development Standards offer further protections to ensure that buildings of a certain size are articulated in order to break down their massing, but this still does not regulate dimensional size and scale of the building form. Overall, the maximum building coverage standard is a good starting point as a limiting factor for building scale, but standards 56 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 governing maximum building width and depth are worth considering as an addition to the current zoning standards. Multi -Family Site Development Standards Other factors contributing to the quality of Iowa City's neighborhoods are governed by the Multi -Family Site Development Standards, including parking placement and design, building entrance and exterior element design, and architectural style. Testing of the parking placement standards revealed that they are successful in ensuring that surface parking is located so as not to detract from the neighborhood character. Additionally, landscape buffering requirements help to soften surface parking areas and provide a boundary between parking lots and adjacent properties. Off-street parking requirements are typical and are not a limiting factor in the zones tested. Additional design standards such as building entrance requirements for multi -family uses and architectural style guidelines for the Central Planning District add layers of standards on top of base zoning requirements. These standards ensure certain design considerations to preserve neighborhood character, however, a comprehensive set of guidelines would help to avoid confusion in navigating the code. Overall, the multi -family zoning standards are effective at preserving neighborhood character, but are not necessarily encouraging multi -family uses in house -scale buildings. Upon testing the standards in the graphic analysis, there is a notable jump from the house -scale buildings in single-family residential zones where multi- family uses are allowed and the block -scale results seen in the multi -family zones. Addition of specific building form regulations in the multi -family zones could offer some controls that would allow for a range of building types rather than encouraging bigger development in the form of block -scale buildings. HISTORIC PRESERVATION HANDBOOK GUIDELINES The additional design guidelines provided by the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook have significant overlap with the Multi -Family Site Development Standards, where portions of the zoning code are nested within the handbook. There are many instances of cross- referencing between the two documents, reinforcing the requirement that new buildings are compatible with existing context and responsive to historic character. In general, the application of the building form and articulation standards within the Historic Preservation Handbook yielded positive results during testing of zones with the Historic District Overlay. As with the Zoning Code requirements and the Multi -Family Site Development Standards, the issue that remained was the lack of regulations for maximum building depth. In the testing example, this allowed for deep buildings that may be out of scale with existing context and that could potentially jeopardize the preservation of the rear yard. One minor limiting factor within the Historic Preservation Handbook guidelines is the requirement for new buildings in the Northside Neighborhood to be specifically 11/2 or 2 stories in height. Though many existing buildings within the Northside Neighborhood fit this description, the standard limits someone from building a 1 -story or 21/2 -story structure. Allowing structures of these heights would provide more flexibility for certain building forms and would still be within a height range compatible with the existing context of the neighborhood. Overall, the Historic Preservation Handbook serves as a useful guide for new building design to ensure compatibility and preserve the character of the Historic Districts and Conservation Districts in Iowa City. However, due to the significant overlap and cross- referencing between the handbook and the zoning code, consolidating these documents would make for a more streamlined process to assess new buildings undergoing design review by the Historic Preservation Commission. CONCLUSION In general, the combined safeguards of the Iowa City Zoning Code and the Historic Preservation Handbook are successfully working in tandem to prevent buildings that detract from the city's historic character. With the exception of missing elements to help control building massing, lack of encouragement of house -scale multi- family types, and some limiting factors that reduce flexibility of certain building forms, both documents are effective tools for regulation. Additionally, while it is beneficial to have multiple checks and balances in the form of design considerations for new buildings, navigating the multiple layers of design standards can be a confusing process. Consolidating this information into one set of standards would eliminate the need for cross-checking and the duplication of the same guidelines across different documents. Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 1 57 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis -5.4 Results of Missing Middle Housing Assessment OVERVIEW Iowa City has a rich history of Missing Middle Housing types present in its neighborhoods that range from duplexes to medium-sized courtyard apartment buildings. The current zoning code has few barriers to creating new Missing Middle Housing types, but those barriers that remain will need to be refined to allow their development. The following assessment examines the opportunities and obstacles for introducing new Missing Middle Housing types into Iowa City's neighborhoods. OPPORTUNITIES FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IN STUDY AREAS Iowa City's zoning code and other design guidelines have many factors in place that make it easier to introduce Missing Middle Housing types without many constraints. Some of the housing types, such as duplexes and accessory dwelling units, are already allowed under current zoning regulations. Also, the associated costs such as the impact fees and utility hook up fees are not cost prohibitive for new Missing Middle Housing types. According to the zoning code, the minimum requirement for off-street parking in Missing Middle -compatible zones is 1 parking space per unit, but often may be higher, depending on the number of units. This can be a good minimum to allow Missing Middle Housing types to be built in neighborhoods without becoming a limiting factor. Additionally, residential development is not limited by a floor -area -ratio. These factors combined make it easier to incorporate the additional units gained from Missing Middle Housing types. 58 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 HOUSE -FORM VS. BLOCK -FORM BUILDINGS 1 Diverse house -form building types add interesting character to blocks and help to promote walkable neighborhoods. These buildings work best in residential areas and larger house -form types can help hansition the scale between main street environments and neighborhoods. Block -form building types can offer higher densities than house -form buildings, but they are often implemented in contexts that are auto -oriented and do not promote walkability. These buildings work best in walkable environments when placed along arterial streets and main sheet corridors. The multi -family residential zoning standards and Historic Preservation Handbook guidelines set a precedent for applying greater control on the design of buildings in neighborhoods in Iowa City. These design controls are also typically used to regulate Missing Middle Housing types, so it is beneficial that some of this language is already being used in the zoning code and other design guidelines. OBSTACLES FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IN STUDY AREAS An analysis of Iowa City Zoning Code and Historic Preservation Handbook revealed a few factors that may present themselves as obstacles for Missing Middle Housing in Iowa City's neighborhoods. Additional form controls are needed to avoid block -form housing products. While the multi -family standards and the Historic Preservation Handbook provide additional form standards, their primary result is in providing better block -form buildings. Missing Middle Housing types are house -form buildings, (see Page 58 for a comparison) and as such require additional form controls. In general, the obstacles to Missing Middle Housing are relatively surmountable and could be eliminated with a few minor changes to some of the existing form controls and limiting factors in the zoning code. Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis WHAT IS THE MISSING MIDDLE? In post -World War II America, changes came in both the development community and the financial lending systems. These changes lent themselves to models of development that were narrowly focused, and targeted individual markets such as single-family homes on large lots, large apartment complexes, commercial strip centers, and indoor malls. Each was developed and placed in isolation in contrast to the older patterns of neighborhoods where single-family, multifamily, and commercial were more integrated and mixed. The art of both mixing these kinds of development and building smaller middle -density types was lost. Iowa City's neighborhoods have a great history of these "Missing Middle" building types that were built before World War 11. These building types included townhouses, duplexes, fourplexes, small courtyard apartment buildings, and mixed-use main street buildings. These Missing Middle building types provide a range of housing choices and provide a residential intensity that help support neighborhood main streets. These housing types also provide the housing that the two largest population groups—the millennials (Generation Y) and the baby boomerswantin walkable urban places. M � s .. .. � ''.hnr+axe "'arnsx uvplw9vac . mlw.e< tT1159 Draft: August 9, 2017 1 59 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Types of Missing Middle Housing 0Carriage House Q Duplex 0 Fourplex or quadplex Q Cottage Court Q Live/Work 0Stacked Flat O Townhouse Key Allowed ------ Recommended based on preliminary analysis and observations 60 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Single -Family, Low -High Density Residential Zones (RS -5, RS -8, RS -12) These zones allow a limited number of uses, restricting the opportunity for many other house -scale Missing Middle types to be introduced into the neighborhood. Single -Family, Neighborhood Stabilization Residential Zone (RNS-12) This zone allows for single-family and duplex uses, but leaves out other compatible higher density housing types. Multi -Family, Medium -High Density Zones (RM -20, RM -44) These zones allow for single-family houses, duplexes, fourplexes, and apartment buildings but encourage bigger development in contrast to most historic "Missing Middle" housing types that are prevalent throughout Iowa City. Housing types such as fourplexes, cottage courts, townhouses, and courtyard apartments could be great options for promoting house -scale medium density housing and walkable communities. MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES FOUND IN IOWA CITY NEIGHBORHOODS Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis Draft: August 9, 2017 1 61 Chapter 5: Iowa City Zoning Analysis This page intentionallyleh blank. 62 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Summary of Analysis & Recommendations Draft: August 9, 2017 1 63 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -6.1 Summary of Analysis and Vision: Northside Neighborhood OVERVIEW OF OBSERVATIONS During the course of the Form -Based Code Analysis, the consultant team has gained insights through the extensive feedback from the community during Visits 1 and 2, through numerous discussions with city staff, and through a review and testing of existing zoning standards. These observations have helped to more clearly define the goals around improving the Northside Neighborhood and what is desired for its future development. The following subsection helps to outline the overarching elements of the vision that stemmed from the public process and analysis and how those have shaped a new set of goals for achieving the intended vision for the Northside Neighborhood. The recommendations have been crafted based on parcels that fall within a historic district, parcels that are outside a historic district and recommendations that could apply to all parcels in the Northside. 64 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP Historic District Map The Northside has three historic districts that cover the majority of properties. These districts designate key contributing, contributing, and non- contributing properties and provide standards and guidelines for development, renovations and additions. - Key Contributing - Contributing 0 Non -Contributing Non -Historic - Park GO �© ao e� � 11 ♦'... � i'i'i Oi♦ � o�F U 't■D 6��I �7Jr Miff ^7k.� X710 LGR- ��._� r� �'«�' a77R o�lEi _N■_ _�' ■ ��I� I� u�l77i; �L :II vI�EGf� �MET J T CLQ+ Historic District Map The Northside has three historic districts that cover the majority of properties. These districts designate key contributing, contributing, and non- contributing properties and provide standards and guidelines for development, renovations and additions. - Key Contributing - Contributing 0 Non -Contributing Non -Historic - Park Vision for the Northside Neighborhood A set of themes emerging from the public process and from the zoning analysis generated a vision that includes the following elements: 1. Improve housing options that address the issue of competition of student housing market so that families in the Northside Neighborhood can continue to have access to housing 2. Develop controls to preserve the historic character of the Northside Neighborhood, specifically looking at controls for building scale and form 3. Address neighborhood parking concerns, particularly in commercial areas where more access to parking is desired 4. Develop a strategy to allow for infill and development or redevelopment on opportunity sites in the Northside's commercial areas 5. Improve walkability and safety measures for pedestrians along streets, especially those identified as challenging access points in need of traffic calming 6. Propose changes to existing zoning standards to better predict and control the future development of Iowa City's Northside Neighborhood. 7. Improve and maintain the existing alley network so that it can be better utilized for parking Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations Achieving Intended Outcomes In an effort to achieve this vision for the Northside Neighborhood, the consultant team has compiled a list of recommendations and strategies to propose actionable steps to address the issues raised by the community. The following pages detail these recommendations and provide precedent examples which are relevant to the Northside Neighborhood study area and its respective context. Additional recommendations relating to transportation and parking can be found in Chapter 6. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 65 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -6.2 Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.1 Integrate intent from Central District Plan into new form -based zones . Base new zoning district intent statements on Central District Plan . Remove the need to reference the Central District Plan in the zoning code to understand intent of zones . Make the Central District Plan goals inherent and more integrated into the zoning code standards so they are easier to use and administer These strategies help to address the community's vision to take advantage of infill opportunities presented in the Northside by allowing a more diverse mix of uses in commercial zones. 66 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 EXAMPLE: ZONE INTENT STATEMENT THAT CLEARLY DEFINES THE DESIRED CHARACTER FOR THE ZONE AND ITS USES T4 Village Main Street 9.81.070 T4 Village Ma in scree[ JWS) I ll—Kki. WK. i A walkable, vibrant urban main street serving multiple neighborhoods with commercial, retail, entertainment, and civic uses, public transportation, and small -to -medium footprint, moderate - to- high-intensity housing choices, from Cottage Courts to Main Street Buildings and Lined Buildings. The following aregenerally –_ appropriateform elements in this zone: nnemmipiz N,r LOw rx De gnSL� wmm rei h-rn SWImcOM-1zi, i.zmam ev,ii.paoaaaMwrLtnm SmalF L�Large Pompnm T sr�iu�No Fmnls&backS ruary2017 aodamaiuo amm rooipnoi, sr�iu�Nosme sdhaaa eoor mm La +o-nlgnmiensnr m�enannr�r M_V CM_%. nom corsage Cnurls to Win 5Ve&`ildi'g up m4M scones Grouts F—Fuhwilh 5itl,k rea bmaWrewer linea d ddm, ;���d.d�readx nrIr,. Fee,, p„ ,lde9 Z11, D111 Pomum 11,11 cine 29 Attached or Detached Buildings 11 Narrow -to -Large Design Site Widt Small -to -Large Footprint Small -to -No Front Setbacks is Small -to -No Side Setbacks Up to 4Yz Stories , Ground Floor Flush with Sidewalk Shopfronts, Forecourts, GallE Terraces, Dooryards, Stoops, Porches only on side streets An intent statement based on form makes standards easier to apply and more clearly defines the intended character for the zone. Also, including an open sub zone offers more flexibility for uses within the zone. -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.2 Create new form -based zones that incorporate Historic District intent . Historic District would remain in place . Architectural style, site plan, landscaping standards would remain in the Historic Preservation Handbook . Introduce a larger rear setback for the primary building to maintain and preserve the character of the back yards in Iowa City's Northside neighborhoods . Create a new form -based zone that includes additional form standards to control the overall width and depth of the primary building . This would provide more control overall for the building footprint, rather than relying on maximum building coverage to create appropriate development . The intent of this zone is that it would be replicable in other parts of Iowa City These strategies ensure that properties in the Northside Neighborhood comply with the community's vision to preserve and maintain its historic character. They also set a better precedent for future development in other parts of the city. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: ZONE INTENT STATEMENT THAT ADDRESSES EXISTING HISTORIC CHARACTER T3 Negbbori,00 T3 Neighborhood (T3N)� - 15.05.130.070 T3 Neighborhood (T3N). 'L k A � I To build upon the historic Detac characteristics of the existing single- Narrc family neighborhoods while allowing }Y them to evolve with smaller scale Small' A t41 1 medium -density building types Large )U such as bungalow courts, duplexes, Small' a0 and mansion apartments that are 2 00 compatible to their context. UP Tn bund uqn aM bluan< ,h --r—& Ae wluligzingl« woolly ne barhwdz wblleal,w,g aMm aa—I-wldi -11- d- d­ mallerdmm-de gb,,Id,gWe= u<b a bwgalw mora, dupl—. aM mai¢lanapxmenrz tlr¢are <ampadble ra rbelr <anrer< Small-ra-MMlum Foaaprlm L,g Fr Seam<k SmalSlde Setback k ESm Eler Gr ... d Flaar P,Imaruy w,h Smopz or Porch¢ C¢md rvtte Tl dmmN ubmh eervkdmprmtleubd i1Mvudmu —A areT­ZmeuMls unN Richmond Limbk C -adore Fiml Draft fum 3014 .1304 A zone with the intent of building upon existing historic character preserves important landmark properties while ensuring that new buildings are compatible with the surrounding context. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 67 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.3 Introduce a new zone to facilitate introduction of Missing Middle Housing types . New zone would promote Missing Middle Housing types for portions of Iowa City that are not historic landmark or contributing buildings . This zone would specifically call out house -form buildings with maximum footprints . The new zone would include additional form standards to control the overall width and depth of the primary building . Single-family homes, duplexes, and accessory dwelling units can be included in the palette of sensitive infill building types to be introduced where appropriate . Approach will respect historic preservation guidelines, additional form requirements to be introduced, and expectations for contributing properties . Consult with an economist to study cost impact and feasibility of introducing Missing Middle Housing types, particularly in light of recent changes to maximum occupancy rules imposed by the State of Iowa. These strategies present a solution for introducing more diverse housing types to the market and address the community's vision for housing options that cater specifically to families in the Northside Neighborhood. 68 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 EXAMPLE: ZONE THAT ALLOWS FOR SENSITIVE INFILL WITH MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES LIN W Eft A zone with a range of Missing Middle Housing types enables smaller types to be implemented as sensitive infill where needed, while larger types can help bridge the gaps in density between existing zones. -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood NA Complete a more detailed vision for the Northside Marketplace through public process and create new form -based zones to implement this vision . Assess the community vision for the Northside Marketplace to determine if it remains the same or has changed significantly since the adoption of the Central District Plan . Updates to the vision may ultimately inform a new zoning or form -based code and include changes to zoning map . Allow the conclusions about the current vision to guide the public process of charrette, garner community buy -in, and ultimately create a master plan . This process would help to avoid frequent asks for changes to zoning A charrette is a collaborative design and planning workshop that gives stakeholders and the community a chance to learn what's happening and provide input. To facilitate a charrette, a multi -disciplinary team is present, including an economist to vet ideas shared throughout the process. See the following pages for example photos and images generated during the charrette process. These strategies will facilitate further discussion of what is desired for the Northside Marketplace and will help to refine the community's vision for the area. Updates to this plan can ultimately address the community's goals for maximizing appropriate development opportunities in commercial zones. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: VISIONING EXERCISES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY IN FORMING A NEW MASTER PLAN CONCEPT E w..a uw.r. " «ter •maa �f nzr= ' A charrette process for the new master plan can help to produce design concepts informed by the community and will help address major changes that have taken place since the initial focused group meetings. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 69 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations PHOTOS AND IMAGES OF THE CHARRETTE PUBLIC PROCESS, INCLUDING PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES V 70 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Above: A photo showing the existing conditions on a street in Austin, TX. Right: Two alternatives were developed to show infill opportunities along the same street in Austin. Left: Photos from the Iowa City work sessions held in February and May. -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.5 Make adjustments to existing impervious cover requirements in the zoning code . Increase existing limits for impervious cover or use language that explicitly limits the amount of impervious cover that can be used for parking . This will help will prevent misinterpretations of the intent for the impervious cover standards These controls will ultimately help regulate the quality of site development in the Northside Neighborhood by preserving back yard space and will enhance the quality of stormwater management practices. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: REAR YARD CONSUMED BY SURFACE PARKING Bulking up requirements specifically regulating impervious surface throughout the site will help to preserve the remaining open space on the lot. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 71 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.6 Develop a series of pre -approved accessory dwelling unit designs that are appropriate for historic districts . This will enable additional units to be added to lots that are still associated with the main building and can fall under the same ownership . The city already has two pre -designed garage types that are being used to help facilitate the permitting process; expand this model to include plans for accessory dwelling units This strategy will help to address the community's goal for creatively approaching housing types in the Northside Neighborhood and will introduce another method for adding additional units to the market. 72 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 EXAMPLE: SAMPLE COST BREAKDOWN AND PRE -DESIGNED ADU PLAN PROTOTYPES FROM THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ, CA Massing R Lill ISI �I' Ele Uans Jp rLtel•RUO GmuM Fbar•Pi I gin �nila ipull. •1• _ 1111�a1i ha' - twq L� Th k M1 'Ilu4is�e n noU r.,a„ iE W,i,d— lli a. fEn .,ossa mr Pnvary sun azessnna yews. Pre -designed plans set standards for architectural style, layout, and form, but offer allowances for variations as needed based on the context where the unit may be built. -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.7 Improve walkability with pedestrian -scaled lighting in residential areas . Pursue designs that balance visual interest and simplicity . Use LED light bulbs for energy efficiency . Ensure lighting options are Night Sky Compliant (Appropriate BUG rating) . Integrate sidewalk lighting where supported by neighborhood . Conduct a study on high-priority streets to determine where improved lighting is most necessary Lighting provides safety and character to a streetscape and should be scaled appropriately to function for pedestrians without disrupting the surrounding environment with light trespass. Downcast light fixtures should be implemented on 9' poles spaced approximately 50'-100' on center along sidewalks. Lighting choices should utilize LED light bulbs for energy efficiency and be Night Sky Compliant. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: LIGHTING DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR WALKABLE STREETSCAPES F Top Left Downcast, pedestrianscaledlight fixtures appropriate for the Northside Neighborhood. Bottom Left: Path lighting illuminates sidewalks with minimal light trespass into nearby properties. Center.. A pedestrian -scaled light fixture illuminates the sidewalks for a residential area. Right.. Designs of fixtures can be selected for their intended context, allowing for historic light fixtures to be distinguished from newer designs. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 73 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -Recommendations: Northside Neighborhood N.S Transportation and Parking Recommendations . Reduce vehicle speeds by allowing on -street parking along both sides of the streets where it is currently allowed . Effectively double the available parking supply by the same means of two-sided on -street parking . Continue to consider converting one-way streets to two-way function . Monitor the usage of the on -street parking to see if a parking permit system is necessary 74 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 PAGES FROM NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS tiorthxde Nlelph hor:iaad Northside Neigh bmhood . 1W Nnrthsidc N.Ahl Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations 6.3 Summary of Analysis and Vision: South District OVERVIEW OF OBSERVATIONS A study of the South District and community input from Visits 1 and 2 also generated some key insights about the South District, as the consultant team quickly established that a different approach and set of goals emerged for this area of Iowa City. With more room for future development and a context separate from that of Iowa City's Northside, this opened up some interesting conversations and findings about the South District's potential. The efforts of the efforts of the extensive public engagement pioneered the South District Plan set a framework and vision for what is intended and desired for this part of the city, setting the stage for the consultant team's analysis and review of current goals. Based on these observations, the consultant team has identified some key elements to be integrated into the current vision for the South District. The following subsection helps to outline the overarching elements of the vision that stemmed from the public process and analysis and how those have shaped a new set of goals for achieving the intended vision for the South District. Vision for the South District A set of themes emerging from the public process and from the zoning analysis generated a vision that includes the following elements: 1. Create neighborhood centers around which to concentrate walkable amenities and retail, as well as appropriate residential development 2. Expand upon the established open spaces plan by creating a strong network of trails and parks with interconnectivity 3. Address housing options for families in the area Achieving Intended Outcomes and examine potential for affordable options and In an effort to achieve this vision for the South appropriately sized units that will promote a walkable environment and mix of housing types 4. Improve street connectivity to promote traffic calming and provide relief for neighborhood streets currently being used as arterials 5. Improve walkability and safety measures for pedestrians 6. Introduce new zoning or zoning changes where appropriate to better predict and control future development of Iowa City's South District. District, the consultant team has compiled a list of recommendations to propose actionable steps to address the issues raised by the community. The following pages detail these recommendations and provide precedent examples which are relevant to the South District and its respective context. Additional recommendations relating to transportation and parking can be found in Chapter 6. Top Left: During the consultant team's sec visit to Iowa City, participants of the South District public workshop explored possibilities for integrating Missing Middle Housing types into a sample street network for the study area. Bottom Left: The proposed street network included considerations for better stormwater management and drainage retention through the incorporation of additional open space. Top Right: Workshop solutions that explored programming around the green spaces included in the street layout. Note: See Page 97 of the appendix for an image the full street layout. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 75 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -6.4 Recommendations: South District S.1 Implement community design regulations as a framework for future development . Reference example Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) projects (i.e. Steamboat Springs) to look at approaches for getting land annexed as part of Iowa City and integrating the South District Plan vision and goals This strategy offers precedents that help to guide the community's vision for better transit options, increased connectivity and walkability, and establishment of neighborhood centers and other amenities desired for the South District. 76 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 EXAMPLE: COMMUNITY DESIGN REGULATIONS A successful community plan ensured that the new portion of Steamboat Springs was developed in a manner to make it compatible with the existing context of the city. -6.4 Recommendations: South District S.2 Build upon existing South District Plan to implement new form -based standards and incorporate more recent efforts for improved community plan . Improve the community plan and garner community and stakeholder buy -in through a multi -day public charrette process . Guide and inform zoning for future development in South District . Incorporate improved community standards for street network and open spaces layout The improved community plan will build upon the goals of the South District Plan to integrate form -based standards to actually achieve the mix of housing options desired by the community. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF ZONES THROUGH REGULATING PLAN TO SUPPLEMENT COMMUNITY PLAN AND VISION ��t ­—__ Buildi.y Form Re ulali. Plan ffig �r Taking the existing community plan a step further by introducing form -based standards and zones will continue the community's initial vision for a mix of housing types and compatible development for the South District. Draft: August 9, 2017 1 77 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -Recommendations: South District S.3 Create a more diverse palette of form -based zones for the South District that allow Missing Middle Housing types and neighborhood main streets . New zones should include a neighborhood main street context to anticipate nodes of activity in the South District . Create a Missing Middle Housing zone to allow a diverse range of housing options using specific building types These strategies will help structure future commercial development in the South District based on the community's desire for establishing walkable amenities and neighborhood centers. They also address the community's vision for incorporating a diverse mix of housing types to serve families in the South District. 78 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 EXAMPLE: DIVERSE CHOICES FOR DIFFERENT CONTEXTS D Supplementing the existing conventional zones with form -based zones that allow Missing Middle Housing types will acknowledge existing development and will add more housing options to the South District. -Recommendations: South District S.4 Develop a set of pre -designed plans for Missing Middle Building types . Establish palette of Missing Middle Housing types with pre -designed plans that can be replicated and that are pre -approved for permitting process . Pre -approved plans will facilitate implementation and lower barriers to building new Missing Middle Housing types . Create a subset of the plans that includes designs for affordable housing types to provide options for a range of income levels These strategies present a solution for introducing more diverse housing types to the market and address the community's vision for housing options that cater specifically to families in the South District. Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations EXAMPLE: FORM -BASED STANDARDS FOR SMALL MULTIPLEX BUILDING TYPE 1GSXJGM.6 Muldpla:5mall �m __ �.. ■ �, e�m __ �.. ■ . Form -based standards to control the overall footprint and scale of the building could be a great starting point in the development of pre -designed plans for Missing Middle Housing types. im Draft: August 9, 2017 1 79 19 w gam �... d m,.. o. o .m ...fi .o �. �. .., „o mm „ .. o ,.a a alk, d o....mo,.00,o.. 0 I dIh o 4.a as m,.. dId .na o . , -d ..R ...<. a.d zp-a . .a . —.. ,b m,.. o .,_-d 11—p—EP.—hal a t.,..Daa.a­.e—,. --d e.hl.a Form -based standards to control the overall footprint and scale of the building could be a great starting point in the development of pre -designed plans for Missing Middle Housing types. im Draft: August 9, 2017 1 79 Chapter 6: Summary Of Analysis & Recommendations -Recommendations: South District S.5 Transportation and Parking Recommendations 1. Address the following while designing streets: . Vehicle speeds • How and where to interconnect streets • Links between and among all modes of travel • The context of the street as both a place and a route • Environmental conditions, including special greenways and drainage needs • Street function details, from pedestrians to emergency access • From the South District Plan, consider "Streets as More than Pavement" • Lay out networks to minimize high vehicle speeds • Interconnect streets to form block perimeter lengths appropriate for pedestrians • Lay out more, smaller streets rather than fewer, larger streets • Design straight streets, which are generally preferred over curved streets 80 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 PAGES FROM SOUTH DISTRICT ANALYSIS M txv....rww,....nsm» ....oc..nr ts, a:.ui oou:wru w..dnw...n� M VFM Northside Neighborhood. e I...... Nnrthsidc N.•pglilourl::a+ildkwk I I .eFllllll"1111 F.,. ..Jtn. �.. 0 LAS 4 ` P'.R` x � Chapter 7: Appendix -7.1 Appendix NORTHSIDE SURVEY NOTES AND COMMENTS 34 0 Comments: . Nice historic character • Fits historic context appropriately O 23 10 Comments: • Too grandiose in style . Looks quite a bit like some of the fraternity/sorority houses in the area • Too big unless it works as condos or otherwise "invested" residents 82 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 22 10 Comments: Appropriate for certain parts of Northside Works on certain (major) streets, but size is concerning Potential issue if rented to short-term renters Mixed feelings on whether it fits historic context Would work near Downtown area/Market Street © 33 1 Comments: . Like the attention to detail, craftsman work shows . Doesn't like paint colors . Representative of historic character Comments: . May not fit historic context of area • ConCerns about maintenan Ce ofstuCCo in area \_J 31 �b 3 V Comments: . Represents historic character O29 ,& 4 r�7 Comments: . Nice character for neighborhood . Appreciate the diversity in scale; small scale like this could work well in some parts 24 &� 10 T) Comments: Unique, Northside-esque home Nice scale Ok for Brown Street Nice roof pitch Like house, but not for Northside E Comments: . Monolithic, but right massing would work • Would work well Downtown, Goosetown . Mixed feelings; concern that new buildings like this wouldn't work, but open to repurposing old ones . Appreciated for its historic character/value 26 6 6 V Comments: • Ok for Brown Street . Looks like Manville Heights • Too late to implement this . Looks like unique Northside home Chapter 7: Appendix 22 Comments: 14 V . May not fit historic context of area • Concerns about maintenance of stucco in area 20 6 10 f) Comments: . Looks too New Orleans for area . Nice, but doesn't fit with other homes in area . Like this but onlymixed in here and there . Double porches show it's very different in character . Don't like lack oflandscaping Draft: August 9, 2017 1 83 Chapter 7: Appendix NORTHSIDE SURVEY NOTES AND COMMENTS ® 21 12 Comments: • Would workmorC for commercial/educational space • Gorgeous but too Tuscan . Like varied styles, worth preserving . Not a fan of the Spanish look 16 20 TD Comments: . Building will inevitably become overpriced . Looks "fake Id" looks cheaplybuilt . Buildings like this are fine if they fit with architecture/ scale of surroundings . Doesn t Work in much of Northside due to too wide a lot required 84 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 r, r, 24 10 Comments: • Unsure of this being attached like townhouse . Dont like multiple doors 19 15 Comments: Style, detailin gis ugly ® 20 13 Comments: • Would work better as educational space • Would work in areas with other larger scale buildings 28 6 TD Comments: �J . If vinyl siding, not a fan . Not likin golnit le doors 0` Comments: 22 6 10 fr . Looks too much like fraternitylsorority houses . Multi -unit buildingsfineifparkingisaddressed • Too big in scale . Porch nice, especially if yard is small • Concerns about low windows close to sidewalk L J Comments: 4 �b 32 V • Too big and monolithic; blight on the street • Unimaginative; too cookie cutter . Lacks personality,, cheap, modern, disposable . Doesnt fit neighborhood character . Rowhouses like this dont fit in for Northside • Would prefer a more interesting attempt to create historical facade rather than this attempt to match historic guidelines Chapter 7: Appendix Comments: 21 �V 13 T) Details create too dry ofa style General lack of excitement about details/style Draft: August 9, 2017 1 85 Chapter 7: Appendix SOUTH DISTRICT SURVEY NOTES AND COMMENTS ILE 13 1 Comments: Relates to existing style and size of area Need for duplexes like this O 6 -4) 8 TD Comments: . Don't like the closeness of houses . Don't like barn-esque style • Good proportions but style is goofy . Love the cottage court/small house feel . Looks too aged 86 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 h,. 10 6 4 V Comments: . Like usable porch area; good scale . Relates well to scale/style of area • Takes up too much oflot compared to multi -unit dwellings • Would be nice and affordable for single-family u 4 b 10 V Comments: . Houses too close together • Too dense, open space too minimal • Style appealing but doesn't relate to local character • Good proportions but style is goofy . Looks too Southwest C 10 &� 4 f Comments: . Like the way the duplex feels like single-family . Appealing in style but doesn't relate to area • Would have to really commit to implementing this type of style in area . Like variation in front facade 12 4) 1 TD Comments: . Like the garden space and front porches . Like the sense of privacy offered . Love the scale of cottage court/small houses . Like the diverse courtyard . Looks friendly • Set back too far from road O 4 11 Comments: . Don't like the apartment feel • Too dense, big, blocky . Architecture not appealing, but like idea ofmulti- family options, especially as affordable housing • Too plain, boring, old, stodgy 6 7 V Comments: . Like the color choices • Too modern for local character • Too dense, too limited front . Doesn't fit in with neighborhood 11 2 Comments: . Like green space, walkable feel • Offers more independent sense ofliving 7 8 TI Comments: • Good elevation but too expansive • Too stodgy • Too dense, toolimited front . Doesn't fit character Chapter 7: Appendix 8 5 Comments: • Too dense . Need multi-familyoptionslike this Comments: . Like green space and 'built-in yard" • Nice courtyard space . Like feel of cottage court Draft: August 9, 2017 1 87 Chapter 7: Appendix SOUTH DISTRICT SURVEY NOTES AND COMMENTS I ®� i�� Comments: . Like the landscaping and connectivity to sidewalk • Stairs too steep . Nice townhouse . Homes too close together CV 10 3 TD Comments: . Nice townhouse 88 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 Comments: . Nice shelter for multi -family . Homes too close together 10 3 Comments: . Nice, but onlyif there is a rear yard �- 7 6 Comments: . Nice multi-fainilyexample . Homes too close together ® 3 10 TD Comments: . Nice building . A bit boring • Okfor new areas, but scale wouldn t work as infill for existing neighborhoods in area . Feels too urban 9 4� 4 V Comments: • Too big, blocky, and imposing . Design seems affordable . Like it as duplex, a bit boring 12 �b 1 Comments: . Like the green space, courtyard feel . Looks like typical apartment design Chapter 7: Appendix 3 &� 9 V Comments: • Too big, blocky, and imposing . Nice flat design compared to other hallwaymulti- family examples • Size ok, not liking the style Draft: August 9, 2017 1 89 Chapter 7: Appendix NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD MAPPING EXERCISE RESULTS AND COMMENTS This has become a speed zone for cars avoiding traffic on Dubuque UniverCity program has been 6 real asset for restoring homes in Hancher is a strength and portunity as a Northside hub sues wan some stupenc rencais on this corner: maintenance concerns Dubuque is critical gateway into the � city and needs improvements: better lighting, sidewalks, and crosswalks Nice retail here is a Bloomington Street is perfect a opportunity to transition from commercial center into neighborhood Parking lots are opportunities for infill development KEY • — Strength • — Weakness 90 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 — Opportunity Affordable housing or issing middle opportur I Bad apartments here igalow or missing middle opportunity is a major strength/asset Opportunity for development next to park Dangerous high-speed one-way: these spots need traffic calming are nice It Schools and park are great^ strengths for this part of the Land owned by church great I )portunity for pocket neighborhood/ bungalow court Mercy Hospital offers opportunity to attract stability and aging in place options for in Chapter 7: Appendix ADDITIONAL NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD MAPPING EXERCISE • Pave alleys that are dangerously rutted and poorly lit; use alleys better Gaslight village on Ronalds: used to be great homes, are multi -family now but • Aging in place opportunities are important need maintenance • Keep and enforce density rules re: multiple unrelated tenants • Require and assist landowners/landlords in historic areas to maintain properties • Revoke licenses for landlords with repeated citations • Restrict size of rentals 402 Ronalds is an example. It is rented as a 6 bedroom and is/has been a problem party house for 15+ years • Weakness: zoning; Northside Neighborhood is used as a parking lot for students/ employees, meaning no parking for homeowners • Study parking in neighborhood to calm cut through traffic • Keep families in Northside • Add zip car spaces near Northside market area • Northside post office would be an asset • Protection for historic businesses but growth in open areas • Keep George's/Bluebird Diner parking lot; use Pagliai's lot for infill opportunity • Single-family homes bought and turned into undergrad nuisance housing is a problem • UniverCity program is benefit, could be executed better; keep funding it • Unsure if long distance ridesharing will help student population due to commuting from larger cities further away • Could parking efficiency be improved at Mercy Hospital and behind St. Wencs? • Rentals without permits are an issue, they are everywhere; no enforcement, but could work as Missing Middle • Overhead utility wires along alleys are weakness • Parking/intersection issues: Bloomington and Linn Street: needs 4 -way stop, area near here busy in early evenings; need to slow traffic down on Linn Street for pedestrian safety • North side of 200 block of Bloomington needs more meters and more access to on -street parking • Generally, enable owners to improve profit off of small, affordable houses • Generally, overall balance of student rental vs. owner occupied units is out of whack, but students also need high-quality, well-maintained housing they can afford • Every big city has the occasional parking lot — essential for our visitors. If there is no parking, who will shop here, eat here? Northside is closest to the University of Iowa; please be a good neighbor to our renters; you may have been a renter here yourself • Governor and Dodge are essential traffic flows; as a driver, I like the flow • Students like scooters/more scooter parking in neighborhoods • For solar benefits, increase carriage house height limit from 20' to 21' mid -line; this will allow 12/8 pitch roof ideal for Iowa latitude • Bungalow court idea is very appealing, livable and affordable; we need this • Houses staggered on blocks that are hills promotes bioswales and native landscaping to improve drainage and water quality; a great example is the 800 block on Ronalds — it has 2-3 bioswales plus lots of native perennials • Address needs for street lighting, but be careful to avoid light pollution; lighting especially a problem along Governor Street and Dubuque Street F Draft: August 9, 2017 1 91 Chapter 7: Appendix SOUTH DISTRICT PLAN AREA MAPPING EXERCISE RESULTS AND COMMENTS KEY • — Strength • — Weakness — Opportunity 92 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 ADDITIONAL NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM SOUTH DISTRICT PLAN AREA MAPPING EXERCISE • Accessibility/walkability across Highway 6 is poor, tunnel or passage needed • Highway 6 down to Fair Meadows, Lakeside also needs work • Southern part of study area could be business commercial; some businesses needing to relocate can move into southern tip • Golf course area could be condos and retail center • Corners where McCollister will connect place retail at both corners where street goes through • Need walking route connecting senior friendly neighborhoods to soccer complex • Sand lot could be used for recreation, e.g. BMX trails • Single-family area infrastructure already in place can continue as is • Area north of school could become a hub for the entire district; senior living spaces could remain near hub • Live/work, green spaces would be great amenities to add • There are no churches in entire South district opportunity to add these in as civic spaces • Eastern swath could be tied in with major theme/idea and connect to center of area • Trail leading south currently is not well -lit • Soccer complex could be surrounded by more parks/programming space in between is more of a challenge to program • Soccer complex only open following schedule of games; could be open for other programming as this area grows more • Multi -family or townhouses along trail north of soccer complex • Lack of transit amenities/connectivity to north side of city • Arterial road needs to flow through rather than using Langenberg Chapter 7: Appendix • New police department needed to serve South area • Commercial needs include bank, library drop-off, other civic spaces, restaurants • Idea is not to restrict it so much so that developers aren't locked into same idea, flexibility in uses • Creative ways to accommodate parking for churches shared parking with schools • No daycares south of Highway 6; church or YMCA with day care for children is in high demand • Additional elementary or middle school on western and southern parts of south plan • Need for Missing Middle Housing to be put in around schools to accommodate families, provide walking path for kids and parents to walk to school • Walkability distances around schools too large at the moment for kids to feasibly walk to school • Transit to go along McCollister and around loop surrounding south side • Need for east side loop/bus line to serve part of the south district that is most disconnected from activity coming from north • More people crossing Sycamore at Highway 6 than ever; need safe solution for crossing • Families gathering around parks, splash pads —would be nice to provide opportunity for them to move via walking or biking • Pocket parks to be interspersed to break down scale of larger existing spaces • Coffee shops/other retail being brought further north can center activity around hub • Connectivity along Lehman should be completed as another vein • Many of the roads "dead end" and don't continue through for connectivity Draft: August 9, 2017 1 93 Chapter 7: Appendix PARKING ANALYSIS SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES AND MAPS _`,L -Study Nrea­,�_ I I I I E7 On -Street Parking Data D,v,ntnv,n Unavailable Il D 94 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 low, Clip Pa. 1,, "nal NanLvld( NAgl ibadiaad Io e, 01,I)", World,,, rift 1 12 17 Legend 1 low, Cihr P, Nomlhlnil WorS,µ Le Tna No Iowa (J, Pa N.... do N Io�e,C WorF��� I Lei Chapter 7: Appendix N _g -Study Area- f _ .� Draft: August 9, 2017 1 95 Chapter 7: Appendix PARKING ANALYSIS SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES AND MAPS 1"'a Cil,Pui Imm ( N o-knN lc N - Study Area-�. 96 1 Draft: August 9, 2017 U),a Cil, Pu. NonhnAe N lo�rn C Norkingl Lec N - - -'�-Study Area'- - - - � N E Chapter 7: Appendix SAMPLE STREET NETWORK FOR VISIT 2 SOUTH DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKSHOP Draft: August 9, 2017 1 97 CITY OF IOWA CITY UNESCO CRY OF LRERMRE PENDING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION TOPICS August 9, 2017 September 5m I� 0.1111 September 19°i 1. Neighborhood Stabilization Update Strategic Plan / Budget Related Topics: 1. Significantly improve the Council and staff s ability to engage with diverse populations on complex or controversial topics 2. Identify a substantive and achievable goal for the provision of affordable housing in Iowa City and implement strategies to achieve this goal 3. Determine scope of Council identified complete streets study 4. Discuss expectations for working with the ICCSD, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa Works, labor organizations, and others to explore the feasibility of an industrial arts/crafts facility in Iowa City Other TODICS: 1. Review the Child Data Snapshot (IP2 2/18) and discuss related strategies with local stakeholders 2. Discuss creation of an ad-hoc committee on social justice and racial equity 3. Joint meeting with the Telecommunications Commission 4. Code review in light of Lusk Avenue project From Mayor Pro tem Botchway IP5 Ima,eine if.... `The Great Turning' meets `Community Rights' — Thank you Joanna Macy & Paul Cienfuegos Since 1999, the Community Rights movement has been spreading across the United States, - one city, town and county at a time. 200 communities have passed new -paradigm laws that strip corporations of all of their so-called constitutional "rights", ban a variety of corporate activities which are fully legal but considered harmful by the local residents, and enshrine the inherent right of a community to govern itself. These laws are a direct challenge to a variety of structures of law that have made it literally illegal for local communities to protect their own health and welfare. Thus, each of these local ordinances is in itself an act of municipal civil disobedience. (More info at www CommunityRights.US & www.CELDF.oEg.) * We Change the Ground Rules No more playing on a corporate playing field with corporate rules (such as regulatory law & agencies). No more battling one corporate harm at a time, endlessly, into the future. We no longer allow corporations to operate if they cause significant harm to people and nature. * We Learn Our History For our first century after the American Revolution it was once legal for states and local communities to pass laws that protected themselves from harmful corporate activities, because corporations were considered subordinate institutions. What can we learn from the American revolutionaries, the Abolitionists, the Suffragists, the Populists? * We Define Ourselves We are not merely consumers and workers. We are `We the People'. We are the sovereign people. We are guardians of life for present and future generations. It's not what do we think we can get. It's what do we wantl Corporations are not "good corporate citizens". They are merely private property - legal fictions - business structures - and we must again define how they are allowed to operate, as we once did for a century after the American Revolution, in order to protect the health and welfare of our communities and of nature. To do this, we must also reclaim our language from corporate culture. * We Govern Ourselves Corporations have become a cancer on the body politic. They have to be removed from all political participation. No corporate money in politics. No lobbying. No corporate "educating" of citizens. No funding of non-profit organizations, or of scientific research. We the People have an inherent right of self-government. * We Meet Our Collective Needs Democratically We don't need Safeway Corp to feed us. We don't need Fox Corp and MSNBC Corp and PBS Corp to tell us the news. We don't need Disney Corp to entertain us. We can provide all of our necessities through democratized and accountable business structutes, and through a citizen -controlled media. We the People must reclaim our self-governing authority - allowing the creation of business institutions only if their directors agree to protect our communities, working people, and nature. * We Define What We Want & Prohibit (Rather Than Regulate) What We Don't Most environmental and labor regulations are written by the industries being "regulated". Corporations haven't "captured" these agencies —they didn't have to —they helped desi them! And corporate leaders are then chosen (by our presidents and governors) to run the very agencies that are being regulated. You can't make this stuff up! The primary purpose of environmental regulations is to regulate environmentalists. The primary purpose of labor regulations is to regulate working people. Let's stop playing the regulatory law game, and instead start defining what we want and prohibiting what we don't. We the People once exercised this very authority after the American Revolution. We can do it again! Grant Township 0 rl Ordinance No. -2016 ESTABLISHING A RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM PROSECUTION FOR NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION CARRIED OUT TO ENFORCE THE GRANT TOWNSHIP HOME RULE CHARTER'S RIGHTS AND PROHIBITIONS; LEGALIZING NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY ILLEGITIMATE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS AND COURT RULINGS THAT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS AND PROHIBITIONS OF THE GRANT TOWNSHIP HOME RULE CHARTER Section 1. Authority, The Grant Township Board of Supervisors, on behalf of the people of Grant Township, adopt this Ordinance pursuant to the inherent authority of the people of Grant of local, community self-government, section 109 of the Grant Township home rule charter, and the authority of the people of Grant as recognized by the Pennsylvania Constitution's Declaration of Rights, the United States Constitution, and the principles codified by the Declaration of Independence. Section 2 Right to Directly Enforce People's Rights. If a court fails to uphold the Grant Township home rule charter's limitations on corporate power, or otherwise fails to uphold the rights secured by Article One of the charter, the rights and prohibitions secured by the charter shall not be affected by that judicial failure, and any natural person may then enforce the rights and prohibitions of the charter through direct action. If enforcement through nonviolent direct action is commenced, this law shall prohibit any private or public actor from bringing criminal charges or filing any civil or other criminal action against those participating in nonviolent direct action. If filed in violation of this provision, the applicable court must dismiss the action promptly, without further filings being required of nonviolent direct action participants. "Nonviolent direct action" as used by this provision shall mean any nonviolent activities or actions carried out to directly enforce the rights and prohibitions contained within the Grant Township home rule charter. ENACTED AND ORDAINED this _ day of , 2016, by the Grant Township Board of Township Supervisors. M Attest: 1of1 Crime Can't be Regulated — It Has to be Outlawed! One of many outstanding articles in d Ae newspaper "Common Sense: Community Rights Organizing" published in June 2015 by CommunityEnvironmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF.org). Media coverage of murder, rape, fraud, and larceny sends the message that crime doesn't pay. Lawbreakers are supposed to face consequences. But when you compare how crimes against persons and property are reported to how crimes against nature are reported, we don't hear about criminal actions, we hear about regulations that were not followed. The criminal is barely mentioned, much less punished. If there are to be fines, they are negotiated between the prosecutor and the errant corporation. Why does our society treat one kind of crime with punishment and another kind of crime with complicity? Because federal and state governments issue permits that legalize a certain amount of otherwise criminal behavior. Having given an inch, the. mile that's taken seems all but moot. Society doesn't ask government to regulate the number of robberies that will be allowed in any given neighborhood during a month's time, nor allow robbery of items worth less than, for instance, a hundred dollars. Yet when corporate management claims it must commit environmental crimes in order to make a profit, our laws are written to allow damages like air pollution, groundwater contamination, carcinogens in our food stream, mercury in fish populations, blowing tops off of mountains, tinkering with the genetics of living beings, and thousands of other assaults on nature and the people who depend upon it. These "trade-offs" for corporate profit fall within guidelines negotiated between government and corporate representatives and, according to agreed upon upper limits to the harm, are politically controlled by regulatory agencies that issue permits legalizing all of it. Media reporting on ecosystem destruction and harms caused by industry that impact the health, safety, and local economic and general welfare of entire neighborhoods, are often written in ways that sympathize with the perpetrator. We don't see headline stories about stabbings, robberies, or slayings softened in ways that make us feel sorry for the killer or the thief. The crimes against communities are somehow assumed as necessary and unavoidable in order to maintain the level of convenience and comfortable lifestyles that we've all come to accept as "normal." When we view bulldozed and scraped farmlands, industrial towers, paved parking lots, compromised watersheds, polluted skylines, and dirty rivers, media kicks in to say, we can't have progress without damage. Divested of original outrage, society is calloused over with a kind of benign complicity, looking past every environmental crime through a haze of justifications. Why do we perceive lives to be dispensable and crimes forgivable, when it comes to crimes against communities and the natural environments they depend upon for health and well being? The state orders its regulatory agencies to "facilitate the permitting of business and industry," as agency spokespeople explain decisions that were already made before the first public hearing. We are told that all resulting harms will be "mitigated," and no constraints on corporate actions will be imposed in the absence of proof that harm will occur. Chartered corporations planning to engage in what would otherwise be criminal activities have been empowered to use law against us. Corporations who want to do something illegal — like violating the Clean Water Act — simply apply to the federal permitting agency for a waiver. The waiver forgives the crime of poisoning the environment and community in advance and protects the company from liability. Regular criminals don't enjoy the kind of impunity habitually demanded by and granted to corporate actors. Corporate managers don't want to incur financial responsibility for poisoning community members and ecosystems. Liability for these kinds of crimes does not fit into the corporate business model. They have invested strategically in a system of politically controlled regulation that now redirects the responsibility for those damages back to the communities where they occur — for example, when a fracking well leaks and contaminates local drinking water, residents have to find an alternative water supply at their own expense. Cleaning up the contaminated well, if it can be salvaged at all, is also at the community's expense. Either denied completely or shrugged off as inconsequential, criminal corporations are so seldom brought to account that municipalities and community members despair of any remedies. Corporations have liability protections built right into the system of law that permits them to legally engage in activities that are certain to do harm and violate rights. Most corporate crimes that take place in our communities are either "legalized" in advance or they go unprosecuted by government. The federal government subsidizes energy companies to engage in rights -violating activities as corporate "persons" — pursuing the road to profit at the expense of real, living human beings and their natural environment. Entire communities are treated as collateral damage. Federal policy creates the recipe, state agencies legalize the poisoning, and community members have no legally recognized civil and political power to refuse. Manipulation of our legal system through the creation of legal theories that have placed corporate power and privilege above the rights of human and natural communities across the planet has been used over the past 150 years to build a calloused attitude toward corporate crimes. To add insult to injury, it is usually the state that comes into the legal argument on behalf of the company — not to protect the residents or the environment. Municipalities may have other ideas about how to produce energy but the federal government does nothing to promote or support local projects. Passing a local law that does not allow an unsustainable energy producer to operate is characterized as "unconstitutional" because corporations have court bestowed privileges, and state and federal laws preempt community authority. The government licenses the corporation to inflict harm and then strips human beings and nature of all routes of escape. So what do we do? Bury our heads in the sand and hope for the best? Or take a stand for our communities, our children and grandchildren, and this planetary ecosystem? Nearly 200 communities across the U. S. — and that number is growing — have chosen the latter. Through local, municipal lawmaking, they are outlawing those activities that cause harm; codifying their community rights to clean air and water, to a healthy environment, and the rights of nature; and insisting that it is the people who are sovereign — not corporations or government. 1M,y-, �►PcFo COMVVIOVI�— �iyUtt's. U S From Mayor Pro tem Botchway �Q6 A Worker Bill of Rights for Spokane, Washington The Spokane Worker Bill of Rights is an initiative of Envision Worker Rights — a sister political committee to Envision Spokane. The group is actively gathering signatures to place the Worker Bill of Rights on the November 2015 ballot. For more information contact workerbillofrijZhts@gmail.com or 509-590-1385. WORKER BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the people of the City of Spokane wish to build a healthy, sustainable, economically just, and democratic community; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Spokane believe in the rights of workers to receive (1) a decent and fair family wage, (2) equitable pay regardless of personal traits, qualities, or characteristics, and (3) just cause for termination from employment; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Spokane believe these rights are superior to competing rights claimed by corporations; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Spokane have adopted a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Spokane, which envisions, among other items, income equity, living wages, and sustainable economic strategies, but the people recognize that the Comprehensive Plan is not legally enforceable in many important respects; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Spokane wish to create a Worker Bill of Rights, which would, among other goals, establish legally enforceable rights for workers to protect the local economy and build the people's vision of a healthy, sustainable, economically just, and democratic community. Section 1. Worker Bill of Rights A. Worker Bill of Rights Right to a Family Wage. Workers in the City of Spokane have a right to a family wage. Workers employed by an employer with one hundred fifty (150) or more full-time equivalent workers shall be paid, at minimum, a family wage for work performed. The employer requirement to pay a family wage shall not apply to workers in a ninety (90) day or less probationary period, in an internship if enrolled in school, or when enrolled in a Washington state certified apprenticeship program. Right to Equal Pay. All workers in the City of Spokane have a right to equal pay for equal work. No employer may provide different wage rates or other compensation to workers who are performing jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility because of the worker's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, economic class, religion, age or developmental, mental, or physical ability. Right Not to be Wrongfully Terminated. Workers in the City of Spokane have a right to be free from wrongful termination. Employers with ten (10) or more full-time equivalent workers shall not terminate a worker except for just cause, unless the worker is in a ninety (90) day or less probationary period, is enrolled in a Washington state certified apprenticeship program, or is expressly hired for a particular project and the project has ended. The term "just cause" shall be interpreted in accordance with established, common law principles of collective bargaining and labor relations, as developed by labor arbitration decisions, and an employer seeking to terminate a worker for just cause must demonstrate: A. Timely and adequate work performance warnings and opportunities to correct work performance, unless the misconduct of the worker is serious enough to warrant immediate termination, such as criminal activity at work; B. A fair, objective, and non-discriminatory termination process, where the worker has an opportunity to be heard in opposition to the termination; and C. The termination is for work performance reasons, unless the employer can demonstrate that a layoff of a worker is necessary for economic hardship. If a court finds a worker has been wrongfully terminated, the affected worker shall receive compensation in the form of back pay, reinstatement, attorney fees, costs, and damages. Corporate Powers Subordinate To People's Rights. -Corporations that violate, or seek to violate, this section shall not be deemed to be "persons" to the extent that such treatment would interfere with the rights enumerated in this section, nor shall corporations possess any other legal rights that would interfere with the rights enumerated by this section, including standing to challenge this section in court, the power to assert state or federal preemptive laws in an attempt to overturn this section, and the power to assert that the people of this municipality lack the authority to adopt this section. B. Definitions "Corporation" means any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or other business entity, organized under the laws of any State of the United States or under the laws of any country. "Employer" means government and any business having, or required to have, a business license from the City of Spokane. For the purposes of determining the number of employees of a particular employer, a corporation, as defined in Section 2(a), that is doing business at more than one location shall be treated as a single employer, all franchisees and subsidiary corporations shall be treated as a single employer with the franchisor and parent corporation, and employees employed outside of the City of Spokane shall be counted for the purposes of determining the total number of full-time equivalent workers. "Family wage" means a wage that provides for basic needs and a limited ability to deal with future emergencies without the need of public assistance. The City of Spokane shall calculate the family wage to include, but not be limited to, basic necessities such as food, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, childcare, clothing and other personal items, emergency savings, and taxes. The City shall calculate the family wage rate based on a household size of two with one person employed and the family wage rate shall not be less than the Self -Sufficiency Standard for Washington State 2014, as adjusted for inflation. The City shall calculate the initial family wage within six months after the effective date of this section, and shall adjust the family wage each January I st thereafter to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for the Spokane Metropolitan Statistical Area. The City may allow deductions from the total family wage by employers who demonstrate one or more basic needs are covered elsewhere in a worker's compensation package. If the City of Spokane does not calculate a family wage, then eligible employers must provide, at minimum, a wage equal to the higher of either (1) three times the federal poverty guidelines for a family of two, or (2) any family wage rate previously calculated by the City of Spokane. The number of `full-time equivalent workers" equals the total number of hours an employer has paid its workers in a year divided by 2,080. "Worker" means an individual employed on a full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal basis, including independent contractors, contracted workers, contingent workers, and persons made available to work for the employer through the services of a temporary service, staffing, employment agency, or similar entity. The rights in this section extend to all workers who are physically -present in Spokane for any portion of the worker's employment. C. Enforcement Any worker, government entity, or nonprofit entity, may bring an action against the worker's employer for violation of these rights, and is entitled to attorney fees and costs in addition to legal remedies, including back pay, and equitable remedies, including reinstatement. Employers are not entitled to attorney fees and costs under this section. Any person may bring an action against the City of Spokane for failure to promulgate rules and policies necessary for enabling and effectuating the Right to a Family Wage, and that person shall be entitled to attorney fees and costs, in addition to equitable remedies. No action shall lie against the City for failure to enforce the rights contained within this section. Any person may bring an action against the City of Spokane for failure to promulgate rules and policies necessary for enabling and effectuating the Right to a Family Wage, and that person shall be entitled to attorney fees and costs, in addition to equitable remedies. No action shall lie against the City for failure to enforce the rights contained within this section. Section 2. Effective Date and Implementation of Rights If approved by the electors, this section shall take effect and be in full force one year from the issuance of the certificate of election by the Spokane County Auditor's Office, except: Employers shall be required to fully comply with the requirements of the Family Wage Right two years from the effective date, but shall only be required to pay at least 60% of the required wage on the effective date, and 80% of the required wage one year from the effective date. Section 3. Repealer, Interpretation, and Severability All ordinances, resolutions, motions, or orders in conflict with this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. The people of Spokane intend for this section to be liberally interpreted to effectuate the broad policy goals articulated in the preamble to the charter amendments set forth in Initiative No. 2015-2, and to be self-executing. If any part or provision of these section provisions is held invalid, the remainder of these provisions shall not be affected by such a holding and shall continue in full force and effect. More info: Envision Worker Rights EnvisionSpokane. org/worker-bill-of-rights 1028 E 13th Ave, Spokane, WA 99202 l^ 509-590-1385 cW1UI/�l� info@envisionspokane.org o- r CITY OF IOWA CITY 1P7 `�'P�� MEMORANDUM Date: August 9, 2017 To: City Council From: Simon Andrew, Assistant to the City Manager Re: Food Truck Pilot Program evaluation Introduction: At the February 7, 2017 City Council meeting, Council approved an ordinance amendment authorizing the City Manager to implement a pilot program to evaluate the impacts of late night food truck operations. A staff memo dated February 1, 2017 detailing the parameters of the program is attached; briefly, the program allowed for late night food truck vending at three locations on weekends between March 31 and June 23, 2017. Current code allows food trucks to operate until 9 p.m.; the pilot program was intended to evaluate the effects of food truck operations between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Below is a summary of the outcomes of the pilot program, organized by the evaluation categories noted in the February 1 staff memo. Program Evaluation: Public Safety The Iowa City Police Department did not receive any complaints or calls for service associated with customers of food truck vendors. There were no public safety issues associated with the pilot. Trash removal/cleanliness of operations Staff evaluated the vending sites the morning after operations. Staff did not find trash or debris associated with food truck vending. There were also no complaints fielded from neighbors regarding trash concerns. Staff was onsite at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center location very early on Saturday mornings after Friday vending to prepare for Farmers Market operations. Had there been an issue with trash it would have been readily apparent. Nuisance complaints August 10, 2017 Page 2 Code enforcement staff did not receive any nuisance complaints associated with food truck vending, including noise and trash complaints. Input from downtown restaurants and businesses One business owner submitted correspondence to Council regarding the impact of the pilot location at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center on his weekend business. A copy of this correspondence is attached. Feedback was solicited from the Iowa City Downtown District (TCDD); ICDD staff did not receive any comments or complaints from member businesses. ICDD submitted correspondence regarding food trucks to Council prior to the pilot. University of Iowa staff and students University staff did not experience any negative impacts from the pilot program. Their input was particularly important regarding the North Clinton Street location. Staff also solicited feedback from the City Council's University of Iowa Student Government liaisons. Their comments were that students appreciated having additional dining options, especially during finals week. They had positive comments about the pilot locations. Food truck vendors The Iowa City Mobile Vending Association (ICMVA) submitted correspondence for City Council's August 10, 2017 information packet. Vendors have indicated that overall results from the pilot were disappointing, but there is still strong support for amending City Code to allow for late night vending operations. Extending the hours in which food truck vending is permitted is the only Code amendment requested by the ICMVA at this time. City Plaza food cart vendors Food cart vendors did not notice a major shift in business associated with the pilot. Cart vendors are not in favor of expanding mobile vending downtown but did not voice strong opposition, either. Recommendation: Given that negative outcomes were not experienced during the pilot program staff recommends amending City Code to allow food truck operations until 2 a.m., leaving other food truck permit parameters in place. One difference between pilot program operations and ongoing food truck permit parameters is that City staff hooded parking meters and reserved parking spaces for vendors during the pilot. Operationally, this August 10, 2017 Page 3 poses a number of challenges moving forward. Vendors may also prefer the flexibility of utilizing different locations based on time and foot traffic, rather than being restricted to a specific parking space. If Code is amended in this fashion, food trucks would be permitted to vend from commercially zoned, on street parking spaces from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Vending would remain prohibited in the downtown zone and within 150 feet of a brick and mortar restaurant. In parking spaces with one or two hour limits, trucks are allowed to occupy the space for three hours. In parking spaces without a time limit, food trucks are allowed to operate for as long as they wish during the permitted times. If a majority of Council supports the Code amendment recommended by staff, an ordinance amendment will appear on a future agenda for consideration. Kyle Sieck Iowa City Mobile Vending Association DBA Local Burrito 722 Willow ST, Iowa City, IA TO: City of Iowa City Council RE: Food Truck Pilot Review August 9t, 2017 Dear Council, Thank you for allowing the Iowa City Mobile Vending Association to conduct the Summer 2017 late night food truck pilot program. In summary, we had five trucks participate, testing out three locations: Robert A. Lee Parking Lot, North Clinton ST (between E Jefferson and E Market ST) and corner of Dubuque ST. and Iowa AVE. The five trucks were: Keepin' Up with the Joneses, Island Vybz, Box Lunch, Flip N' Chop and Local Burrito. Approximately 20 different vending days occurred between the hours 10pm and tam. Customer sales ranged from 5-30 tickets each night with an average ticket price of $7.00. Nightly truck average was two trucks present each evening. The only complaint, which was filed by DP Dough the night of pilot launch, in which it was stated that the trucks slowed down their sales. The night of the pilot launch truck sales ranged from 15-35 tickets—with the majority of the attendees citing social media for how they heard about the event. Not one additional complaint from any person, downtown business or public servant was recorded thereafter (per our conversation with Simon Andrews July 17th). Sharing the food truck operators experience, it is unanimously agreed upon that the overall results were a little disappointing, citing multiple factors such time of year, insufficient promotion and relative short-term presence of each of the three locations. Adding to the challenges, were individual truck's private sector schedules which often conflicted with pilot program dates. With that said, there is still interest from those who participated, to continue vending during late night hours. Given the coordination challenges that come with having various private trucks working together, individual trucks are still interested in continuing to test late night vending, but under their own schedules and self -organizing methods. Moving forward, given the results of the pilot program, it is our recommendation to council and city staff to amend the mobile vending ordinance to allow food truck vending during the hours tested during the pilot program, which would result in city code allowing for vending in approved locations, by permitted vendors between 9am-2am. At this time, this is the only major change we are requesting for the mobile vending ordinance. It is our opinion, that once this change is made, we will have have sufficient public sector food truck options for vendors to continue to test as they see fit. If conflicts occur as a result of this ordinance time change, we recommend allowing the City Manager's office discretion to make changes as needed. A special thank you to Simon Andrews, Mark Rummel and staff for their time and generosity. Sincerely, Kyle Sieck Hello, I'm Jon Sewell the owner of D.P. Dough at 519 E Washington Both Patrick Rashed of Caribbean Kitchen and Carlos Legaspi of La Reyna and good friends and I've been enjoying their cuisine for years, both from their trucks as well as their stores in Newbo Market of Cedar Rapids. I locally source many of the foods I sell and am proud to feature Carnitas and Chorizo from La Reyna in a specialty calzone as well as Jerk Chicken from Caribbean Kitchen in another. During the summer I frequently buy burritos from Carlos or wraps from Patrick for my staff when they are serving at the farmers market. I have the utmost respect for them and am very conflicted about taking a position regarding food trucks that they might view as harmful to their business, but unfortunately the City seems as if they are considering a new policy which would hand over a significant amount of my sales to the food truck sector and I feel compelled to make my position known. We opened our store on 11/2013 and took a very significant risk by locating in an underserved area away from the major nightlife of downtown Iowa City. We committed to serving our neighborhood and established a late night walk in business east of Gilbert where it previously didn't exist. We are a very atypical franchise in that we are encouraged to modify our menu to reflect the tastes of our community and have created a business that offers a very unique product. The majority of our ingredients are prepared fresh daily and supplemented by local providers like Heyn's Ice Cream, New Pioneer, La Reyna and Caribbean Kitchen. It took us several years in our current location to develop a level a sales sufficient to stay in business but eventually we created a large following of residents who live in our neighborhood that dine in our store, pick up, or take delivery of our calzones. We are open 361 days per year from 11am to 2-4am (tam Su -Tues, 3am We, 4am Th-Sa), or roughly 5,050 hours per year. Over 30% of our annual sales occur during just 384 hours, the hours between 10pm and 4am during the Friday and Saturday nights of the 32 weekends when classes are in the session. That means over 30% of our sales occur during 7% of our hours of operation. Those are the hours that the Council is considering to establish a new Food Truck Court retail district in immediate proximity to me at the R.A. Lee Community Rec Center. This decision could very likely put us out of business, or should we be able to afford it, necessitate a move downtown to get closer to the larger demand that is located there. Either way, you will be removing a significant food provider from the neighborhood and replacing it with a Food Truck Court that will be there from 10pm-2am 32 weekends per year, or roughly 5% of the coverage we offer. I doubt they would be present during weekdays or when the students aren't in town. Our sales during the weekends that the pilot program was staged at the Rec Center saw significant reductions from the same dates of the prior year. Should the trucks become a fixture at that location I believe that it would result in an unsustainable position for our store. I should also add that when the city piloted food trucks in the park across from the City offices several summers ago it cut my lunch sales in half. Food trucks located within or in immediate proximity to the existing retail district survive almost exclusively by shifting sales from established businesses. These existing businesses have far greater investments and history in the downtown area and offer hours of service nearly 20 times greater than food trucks. They are there when the students and nightlife aren't. For every business currently open (and I dare say many may be operating on dangerously low margins already) there are 4-5 that closed (Chiba Hut, Pita Pit just recently) over the past 10 years due to the high risk associated with the food service business. The barrier to entry for bricks and mortar restaurants is substantial, which leads to such a high bankruptcy rate. Allowing food trucks to select only the highest volume periods to operate, and access to highly desirable physical locations would result in taking sales away from businesses that rely on those hours to fund all of the slower times of the week they provide service (at a negative net income level), which is both unfair and very short sighted. I would strongly encourage the Council to consider geographic zones that would allow the food trucks to develop a new retail district and culture without doing it at the expense of the existing food businesses. By developing a presence outside of the district in a 'food desert' that can provide ample parking and allowing the trucks to become a fixture, they could market a culture similar to Newbo market in Cedar Rapids and cultivate a new customer base instead of cherry picking from the existing demand that was created by the established businesses. By doing this correctly it would also create the opportunity to expand the hours over time and draw people in over lunches on weekends or potentially other week day nights just as Newbo has done. I would think that a zone by the IMU, South Madison by Harrison, or by the U Hospital (there are a huge number of employees 7/24 who would love this) or even the parking areas by the west side dorms (Peterson, Hillcrest etc) would be a good location. The food truck association could establish it as their own and market it with periodic festivals, music or other local events. I employ a payroll of over $200k per year. I pay significant local taxes and give back thousands of dollars in support of local charities and agencies each year. I would be curious as to how that might be valued by the City, as the food trucks that would replace me would most likely not have the same impact. In summary, I love the eclectic cuisine offered by our local food trucks and have the utmost respect for the owner/operators. I would encourage the Council to consider a solution that allows them to thrive without harming local businesses and depriving citizens of full service food providers versus those that are only available during peak times when the weather allows. Thank you for your attention Jon Sewell r ^_,:.pr CITY OF IOWA CITY �-%��� MEMORANDUM Date: February 1, 2017 To: Geoff Fruin, City Manager From: Simon Andrew, Assistant to the City Manager Re: 2017 Late Night Food Truck Pilot Program parameters Introduction: At the February 7, 2017 City Council meeting, Council will consider the third reading of an ordinance amendment that authorizes the City Manager to implement a pilot program to evaluate the impacts of late night food truck operations. The parameters for the program are detailed below. The program application and summary page are also attached. Background: At the October 18 and November 1, 2016 City Council meetings, Council discussed a proposal from the Iowa City Mobile Vending Association (ICMVA) for a pilot project designed to evaluate potential changes to the current food truck ordinance. Code amendments to be evaluated include the locations and hours during which food trucks are allowed to operate. Council directed staff to devise and implement a pilot program during the spring of 2017 that will provide information on the impacts of amending the food truck ordinance and an opportunity for stakeholders to offer input to Council. Current guidelines for food truck operations allow food truck vending from parking areas on city streets. However, vendors are restricted from operating in the downtown zone, residential areas, and within 150 feet of a restaurant. Vending operations must take place within the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. The proposed pilot program would also allow food trucks to operate during the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. at designated locations. 2017 Pilot Program Parameters: Locations Three locations were chosen for the pilot. The program will rotate between the locations with only one location to be used at a time. August 10, 2017 Page 2 To the extent possible, the locations included in the pilot reflect input received from Iowa City Downtown District (ICDD) and ICMVA stakeholders. None of the selected locations are within the downtown zone as defined in our current food truck program and none is within 150 feet of a restaurant. While there is considerable and understandable disagreement as to whether a pilot should take place at all, the program attempts to balance locations where there is enough foot traffic as to make the pilot informative while maintaining a reasonable distance from existing establishments. Clinton Street, north of Market Street Food truck vendors indicated that late night student foot traffic at this location makes it a good candidate for the pilot. We have also received input from our University of Iowa Student Government (UISG) City Council liaison that this is a location in which students would be interested. The location is approximately 1,000 feet from the downtown district. Our current food truck regulations prohibit operations this close to a University dining facility, however, the University indicated that this location would be acceptable during the pilot. Designated parking spaces on the west side of Clinton Street will be available for up to four vendors on Fridays and Saturdays between April 7 and April 29. Robert A. Lee Recreation Center Parking Lot This location was suggested by a downtown restaurant owner at an ICDD/ICMVA meeting. Several other restaurant owner/operators indicated at that meeting that this location was less problematic for them than potential alternatives. A kickoff event with up to six vendors is planned to be held on March 31. Designated spaces at the south end of the parking lot will be available for up to four vendors on Fridays and Saturdays between May 5 and June 3. Dubuque Street, between Jefferson Street and Iowa Avenue This location is currently used by daytime food truck vendors permitted to operate in Iowa City. Designated spaces will be available for up to four vendors on Fridays and Saturdays between June 9 and June 23. This location will not be used during the Iowa City Arts Festival scheduled for June 2 and 3. Hours of Operation Hours of operation for the pilot will be 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays only. Daytime vending as is currently allowed by City Code will continue unchanged. August 10, 2017 Page 3 Number of Permits The number of authorized vendors will be limited to four at any one time. More than four vendors may participate during the course of the pilot; ICMVA will coordinate which four will operate on any given night. Permit Fee The permit fee for the three month pilot program will be $250. This fee is prorated from the current twelve month permit fee of $1,000. Vendors holding an annual permit will not be required to obtain an additional permit. Other Requirements All other applicable rules and policies governing current food truck operations must be followed. These include but are not limited to: • An insurance certificate verifying insurance coverage in an amount determined by the City's Risk Manager • Approval from the Johnson County Health Department • Vendor -provided trash receptacles and the removal of all trash by vendors • Self-contained trucks, i.e. no outside sources of electricity • Trucks must be equipped with a fire extinguisher • Adherence to the noise ordinance Note: The City Manager reserves the right to modify pilot program parameters at any point during the pilot. Program Evaluation: Ultimately, the goal of this pilot is to help Council determine whether they wish to pursue permanent changes to the food truck ordinance. Though many of the outcomes will be anecdotal, there are a number of items that staff can track that will help inform the decision making process. The program will also allow Council to solicit feedback from stakeholders and the general public that is based on actual observations of late night food truck vending. Items to be considered when evaluating the program include: Public Safety: City staff will report on public safety calls for service, including reports regarding customer behavior or unsafe truck operations. Trash removal/cleanliness of operations: City staff will observe the pilot locations after each night of vending, logging any trash left behind, pavement grease stains, etc. August 10, 2017 Page 4 Nuisance complaints. City staff will report on non-public safety complaints, including trash left on lawns, violations of the noise ordinance, etc. Input from downtown restaurants and businesses: Feedback from downtown restaurants will be requested and reported to Council. Councilmembers are encouraged to share input that they receive directly from businesses. University of Iowa staff and students: Given the proximity of the Clinton Street location to University facilities and dormitories, University staff will have important feedback to consider. UISG representatives will be asked to provide their perspective. Food truck vendors: Vendors will be encouraged to report their experience, including any business data that they are willing and able to provide. City Plaza food cart vendors: Feedback will be solicited from currently permitted City Plaza food cart vendors. Conclusion: Should the third reading of the ordinance amendment pass, staff will begin the process of posting applications. Jr J. + wr®�04 `1 CITY OF IOWA CITY 2017 FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM OVERVIEW The City of Iowa City is offering a pilot program to evaluate the viability of late night food truck vending. The pilot program is scheduled to run from March 31 through June 24, 2017. The program will include three separate locations, all of which adhere to the current distance requirements from existing restaurants. Permitted trucks will be allowed to vend from 10pm-2am on designated Friday and Saturday nights during the pilot. Interested applicants must submit completed program applications no later than March 22, 2017. Iowa City reserves the right to amend the pilot program dates, add, modify or delete requirements, remove vendors, and cancel the program at any time at its sole discretion. No appeals of vendor selections or other related City decisions will be provided, however feedback will be collected and considered as part of the final pilot program evaluation by the City. All applicants must meet the following minimum requirements: 1. Food trucks must be permitted with the City of Iowa City and meet all of the applicable city requirements and administrative rules for food truck vending. Permit fees will be $250. 2. All food trucks must be self-contained. No public electricity will be made available. 3. Waste receptacles must be provided by each vendor. All vendors are responsible for waste and litter removal. Use of public waste receptacles will not be permitted. 4. All vendors must provide a Johnson County or State of Iowa food permit and a copy of a State of Iowa sales tax certificate. 5. Insurance in an amount determined by the City's Risk Manager is required prior to a permit being issued. 6. Locations will be rotated during the pilot and only one location will be used at a time. More information on locations can be found below. 7. The number of food trucks vending simultaneously will be limited to four. More vendors may participate in the pilot; the Iowa City Mobile Vending Association will coordinate which vendors participate on any given night. Up to six vendors may participate in a kickoff event at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. Clinton Street north of Market Street Vendors may operate on the west side of Clinton Street in designated spaces on Friday and Saturday nights between April 7 and April 29. Robert A. Lee Recreation Center parking lot Vendors may operate from a designated location in the RALRC parking lot on Friday and Saturday nights between May 5 and June 3. Additionally, up to six vendors may participate in a kickoff event on March 31. The weekend of June 2 and 3 was added to this location so as not to conflict with Arts Festival operations. Dubuque Street between Jefferson Street and Iowa Avenue Vendors may operate from designated spaces on Dubuque Street on Fridays and Saturdays between June 9 and June 23. This is a common vending location for current food trucks during the daytime hours. r CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: August 9, 2017 To: City Council From: Simon Andrew, Assistant to the City Manager Re: Fiscal Year 2018-2019 (FY2019) preliminary budget discussion Introduction: At the August 1, 2017 City Council work session, individual Council Members provided input on a number of items that they would like to be considered during the FY2019 budget compilation process. These items are listed below. Please contact the City Manager if there are individual budget priorities stated at the meeting that are not reflected below or if there are any additional items that you would like staff to consider. Staff will consider the priorities identified at the August 1 work session during the budget process this fall. As in past years, the City Manager's Office will also work to include specific action items identified by Council in the development of the Strategic Plan as well as evaluate operations and funding requests put forward by individual departments. During the fall of 2017, the Finance Department will begin compiling departmental budget requests and capital project proposals. After intensive review by City Manager's Office and Finance Department staff, the proposed budget is submitted to the City Council for review at the end of December. Budget work sessions are conducted in early January, with revisions requested by Council incorporated into the budget for adoption prior to the State of Iowa's March 15 certification deadline. The City Council will also conduct a Strategic Plan process in November 2017, at which time priorities impacting the budget are also examined. August 1, 2017 Work Session Council budget priorities: Strategic Plan initiatives • Investments in major Strategic Plan initiatives, especially form based code development, bike master plan projects, the affordable housing action plan, and climate action • Develop return on investment metrics for Strategic Plan initiatives August 9, 2017 Page 2 Equity, Social Justice, and Social Service initiatives • Provide capital funds for the City's proportional share of a County behavioral access center • Supporting economic development opportunities for persons of color and women, perhaps as forgivable loans • Address gaps in mental health services, noting the decline of state funding • Address transit routes to ensure better and equal access, appropriate timing, and safe shelters Public spaces, parks, and public right of way • Make street tree plantings a priority, including better prioritizing the existing budget • Fund community gardens, edible landscapes, and low cost growing opportunities for the community • Fund the Park Master Plan implementation • Ensuring equity across the City in park facilities; complete neighborhood concept o working with the Iowa City Community School District to use grounds and facilities to diversify and expand access across the City o providing parks that have a range of activities in each area and gathering places • Bicycle Master Plan initiatives were discussed, particularly Dodge and Governor Streets; a concern was also noted about dedicating too many dollars to Master Plan projects when other competing needs exist Financial stability and City staffing • Diversify City staff, using recent ICPD over -hires as an example • Respond to the potential loss of state property tax reform 'backfill' payments • Continue the City's strong financial position and continue build fund reserves • Be cognizant of staff capacity and demands placed on the City's workforce as new initiatives are undertaken and accumulate over time • Continue the reduction in the City's property tax levy • Promote a healthy staff culture in which employees understand their work is valued Housing and downtown land use • Begin the process for creating a form based code for the downtown • Continue progress on affordable housing action plan projects • Reimagine the UniverCity program to use funding more effectively • Establish a creative space downtown; Artifactory August 9, 2017 Page 3 Public communication: • Work with the Metro Coalition to better tell the story of Iowa City to others in the state, specifically rural areas, small communities, and legislators that represent them • Establish a participatory budgeting framework From Assistant to the 1 City Manager IP9 IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY NEWS RELEASE For immediate release: Contact: August 2, 2017 Ashley Jared: 515.725.4934 Iowa Finance Authority Awards $2.7 Million to Shelter House in Iowa City to Construct Affordable Housing for Chronically Homeless Innovative FUSE Project to Support Chronically Homeless Individuals Des Moines — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded $2.7 million to Shelter House in Iowa City to fund the organization's new Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) project. The funding will assist in the construction of a 24 unit rental development that will serve chronically homeless individuals. The funding was made available through the National Housing Trust Fund program. "The individuals who will be assisted by this project habitually cycle through emergency rooms, behavioral and mental health services, corrections systems, emergency shelter and support services equating to $140,000 per person a year in the Iowa City community," said Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Dave Jamison. "I commend Shelter House, the Housing Fellowship and the Housing Trust Fund for Johnson County for their innovative response to this challenge and look forward to seeing how this program will enhance the quality of life for Iowans." The National Housing Trust Fund program is a new affordable housing production program aimed at increasing and preserving the supply of decent, safe and sanitary affordable housing for extremely low-income and very low income households, including homeless families. The program is a federal block grant program administered at the state level and requires a 30 -year affordability period. "The Johnson County Local Homeless Coordinating Board joined together in 2013 to better understand the cross -system service utilization patterns of members of our community, said Shelter House Executive Director Crissy Canganelli. "We uncovered a story of four individuals who cycled through services over a four and a half year period for a total cost to the community of $2.16 million and knew there had to be a better way to serve these individuals." The 24 one -bedroom rental homes to be developed with the National Housing Trust Fund award will follow a Housing First model, which is a permanent housing solution for the chronically homeless. This is an intervention that is proven to save both lives and money. The development will offer various services onsite, including offices and an exam room for case managers and health and behavioral health providers. The Iowa Legislature created the Iowa Finance Authority in 1975 to undertake programs to assist in the attainment of housing for low- and moderate -income Iowans. Since then, the Iowa Finance Authority's role has grown to include nearly 40 affordable housing, water quality and beginning farmer programs. The Iowa Finance Authority is a self- supporting public agency whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for Iowans. CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: August 10, 2017 To: Mayor & City Council From: Kellie K. Fruehling, City Clerk Re: Taxi Regulations Introduction: The following memo provides an assessment of existing taxi regulations. Council has requested that staff review current regulations and determine whether changes are needed. Currently, the City Clerk's office licenses 5 taxi businesses and 36 vehicles. History/Background: In November 2006, the City Council passed a taxi ordinance changing a number of requirements including establishing a minimum of two (2) vehicles for a taxi business status (one vehicle available at all times). At that time there were fourteen (14) taxi businesses and 74 vehicles. In June of 2010, the City Clerk's office held a meeting with taxi cab businesses to discuss a number of items relative to operating a taxi company in Iowa City. At that time businesses also provided suggested changes, which included requiring a minimum number of vehicles to start a company. At that time there were 17 taxi businesses and 86 vehicles. In October of 2012, the City Clerk's office held a meeting with taxi cab businesses to discuss the increase of taxi businesses and vehicles especially during the peak football season. Fourteen (14) businesses were invited and seven (7) attended. At that time there was a consensus among the businesses attending that new cab businesses should only start at the annual renewal time (and not any time during the year). It also changed the start of the taxi licensing year to June 1 with an application deadline of May 1. At that time there were 14 businesses and 148 vehicles. The results of taxi business owner meetings were reported back to the City Council by the City Clerk and ordinance changes were approved as stated above. In February of 2015, the ordinance language was strengthened regarding the May 1 deadline, indicating that no cab business licenses would be issued if not received by this date. This information has been sent to businesses via the email address indicated on the previous year's business license application. In April 2016, the City passed an ordinance allowing for Transportation Network Companies (ride sharing companies such as LIBER and LYFT) and in January 2017 the State of Iowa started regulating Transportation Network Companies. When this regulation began, there were 8 taxi businesses licensed in Iowa City. Thus far in 2017, the City has licensed 101 driver's permits for the five (5) currently licensed taxi businesses. August 10, 2017 Page 2 Discussion: Every March 1 a letter is sent to businesses via the email address indicated on the business license. The letter states that new application information needs to be completed and returned to the City Clerk's Office no later than Monday, May 1 and applications received after 5:00 p.m. on May 1 will be denied for the license year. Subsequent reminders are sent to the same email address up until the May 1 deadline. This year's letter was sent out February 27, 2017 with reminders on April 3 and April 21. The regulation of Transportation Network Companies is also a fairly recent change. The City may have yet to see the full impact of this change on ride -hailing services. In past years, any changes to the taxi ordinance have not gone into effect until the following cab year to give taxi businesses time to prepare/make changes if necessary. Financial Impact: None. Recommendation: Based upon multiple attempts to contact taxi companies regarding the renewal and the inclusion of taxi companies in establishing licensing requirements, staff does not feel any changes to the ordinance are necessary at this time. Due to the limited number of taxi companies licensed, the Clerk's office feels it is reasonable at this time to also attempt to contact the current licensed taxi companies in writing or by phone call to ensure the City has adequately contacted the businesses with renewal reminders. CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (3 19) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org July 31, 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Mass Transit Operator Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Mass Transit Operator. Ken Gatlin Michael Gustaveson Alexander Potts Rene Postma IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION LyraLkN. Dickerson, Chair � r 1 IP12 CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (319)356-5000 (319)356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org July 31, 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Assistant Superintendent — Landfill Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Assistant Superintendent— Landfill. Jason Eckrich IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Lyr W. Dickerson, Chair r 1 IP13 CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240- 1 826 (319)356-5000 (319)356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org August 2, 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Maintenance Worker I — Streets Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Maintenance Worker I — Streets. Michael Jenn Brendan Serum IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Lyr W. Dickerson, Chair CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 3S6-5009 FAX www.icgov.org August 7, 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Maintenance Worker II - Horticulture Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Maintenance Worker II — Horticulture. Steven Erickson IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Lyra . Dickerson, Chair _p Late Handouts Distributed Come Help Us Celebrate 8 - 14-I-7 and Enjoy the View! ! Who: Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County Board of Directors What: Annual Meeting Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Location: MidWestOne 6`h Floor Conference Space 500 South Clinton St, Iowa City (Amy Hospodarsky, MidWestOne, will greet you at the door grant you access to the 6`h floor.) Bonus: A light breakfast will be served. Please confirm your attendance to. ; f_ >i_q or tachenbach@htfjc. MINUTES PRELIMINARY IOWA CITY BOARD OF APPEALS MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 HELLING CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 410 E. WASHINGTON STREET IOWA CITY. IA 52240 MEMBERS PRESENT: John Roffman, Andrea French, Jim Walker MEMBERS ABSENT: John Gay, Scott McDonough STAFF PRESENT: Tim Hennes (Sr. Building Inspector), Jann Ream (Code Enforcement Specialist, acting as minute taker) OTHERS PRESENT: None RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None CALL TO ORDER: John Roffman called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES: Minutes from the January 9, 2017 meeting were considered. The minutes were approved by a unanimous vote. Minutes from the July 13, 2017 meeting were considered. The minutes were approved by a unanimous vote. OTHER BUSINESS: Roffman adjourned the meeting at 4:05 Chairperson, Board of Appeals Date Board of Appeals Attendance Record 2016 - NAME TERM EXPIRES Jan -17 } Feb -17 Mar -17 Apr -17 May -17 Jun -17 Jul -17 Aug -17 Sep -17 -Oct-17 Nov -17 Dec -17 Andrea French 12/31/2017 X X X John Roffman 12/31/2017 - X _ X X Scott McDonough 12/31/2021 X O/E John Gay 12/31/2018 O/E X O/E Jim Walker 12!31!2018 X O/E X X = present --- -- -- O/E = absent/excused- - -- — - --- - — --- - -- - - -- — NM = No meeting- = not a member X' = present by phone �, DRAFT IP16 COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD MINUTES — August 8, 2017 CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chair Orville Townsend called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Monique Green, Donald King, Mazahir Salih, David Selmer MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Kellie Fruehling STAFF ABSENT: Legal Counsel Pat Ford OTHERS PRESENT: Chief Jody Matherly of the [CPD RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL None CONSENT CALENDAR Motion by King, seconded by Salih, to adopt the consent calendar as presented or amended. Minutes of the meeting on 07/11/17 Minutes of the meeting on 07/31/17 Motion carried, 5/0. NEW BUSINESS None OLD BUSINESS None. PUBLIC DISCUSSION None. BOARD INFORMATION Salih requested additional materials regarding the complaint process and stats on number of complaints received. Fruehling noted the complaint filling process/brochures were on-line and she would send Salih additional information requested. STAFF INFORMATION Fruehling noted she had received New General Orders to be reviewed. Discussed as to when and how many to review. Board agreed to limit amount to review of ten at a time. CPRB Aug 8, 2017 Page 2 EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion by King, seconded by Green to adjourn into Executive Session based on Section 21.5(1)(a) of the Code of Iowa to review or discuss records which are required or authorized by state or federal law to be kept confidential or to be kept confidential as a condition for that government body's possession or continued receipt of federal funds, and 22.7(11) personal information in confidential personnel records of public bodies including but not limited to cities, boards of supervisors and school districts, and 22-7(5) police officer investigative reports, except where disclosure is authorized elsewhere in the Code; and 22.7(18) Communications not required by law, rule or procedure that are made to a government body or to any of its employees by identified persons outside of government, to the extent that the government body receiving those communications from such persons outside of government could reasonably believe that those persons would be discouraged from making them to that government body if they were available for general public examination. Motion carried, 5/0. Open session adjourned at 5:38 P.M. Selmer abstained due to a conflict of interest and left the meeting. REGULAR SESSION Returned to open session at 6:19 P.M. Motion by Salih, seconded by Green to set the next meeting date to August 29, 2017 5:30 P.M Motion carried, 4/0, Selmer absent. TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE and FUTURE AGENDAS (subiect to change) •August 29, 2017, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm *September 12, 2017, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm *October 10, 2017, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm •November 14, 2017, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Salih, seconded by Green. Motion carried, 4/0, Selmer absent. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 P.M. MINUTES PRELIMINARY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION JULY 31, 2017 EMMA HARVAT HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Esther Baker, Gosia Clore, Sharon DeGraw, G. T. Karr, Pam Michaud, Ginalie Swaim MEMBERS ABSENT: Kevin Boyd, Zach Builta, Cecil Kuenzli, Frank Wagner STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow, Bob Miklo OTHERS PRESENT: Philip Beck, Thomas Berry-Stoelzle, Nick Lindsley; Alicia Trimble RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action) CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Swaim called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Swaim thanked the Commission for coming to this extra meeting. She welcomed the newest member, G.T. Karr. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. Bristow referred to the discussion in the staff report. She said there is also an applicant statement, a site inventory form, an e-mail letter sent by Swaim to the City Council, and a few additional photographs. Bristow said that in order to qualify as a local landmark, the subject property must meet approval in criteria A, B, and either C, D. E, or F or more than that. She said that A refers to significance in American and/or Iowa City, architectural, archaeology, and culture; and B: possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. Bristow said this property is the former Unitarian Universalist Church at 10 South Gilbert Street. She stated that the church was built in 1907 as a Tudor revival in kind of a more residential -style church architecture that was popular with the Unitarian Universalists after the turn of the century. Bristow showed the northwest view of the church. She said there is an extension that was built at the front entry to be church around 1986 that is very sympathetic to the original entry. Bristow said the windows match the existing windows and the detail at the eave is a little bit more simplified than the original but otherwise fits in well. Bristow showed the south view and showed where there was an extension that may have been built around 1954 and had a courtyard area between the church and the addition. She pointed out that it has been removed so that one can see the original architecture. Bristow said there are buttresses with stone caps, stone lintels, segmental arches above the windows, and the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 31, 2017 Page 2 of 7 triangular dormers which are a play on the eyebrow dormer that was popular in the English arts and crafts that is one of the influences for this Tudor revival style. Bristow showed the west side, pointing out the original church and the addition. She showed an interior photograph around the time of the completion of the church. Bristow said that even the area in the north gable wing is there, and it looks as though it might have been enclosed with some kind of paneled door. Bristow showed current photographs with the view from the sanctuary space into that north area. She showed where there is a basement stage area. Bristow presented the two images showing that both areas have a fireplace in them. She said that in Swaim's e-mail, Swaim discusses Eleanor Gordon and her importance to the Unitarian Universalists here in Iowa City and to the development of their style of church architecture in the West and Midwest. Bristow said that style involved many kinds of home -like touches. She said that the two fireplaces are examples of that type of residential -style architecture, making up a kind of home -like place. Bristow showed photos of the rest of the basement and a stage area. She showed the view from the sanctuary space and showed the northwest corner. Bristow said that staff finds that the church meets criterion A by virtue of the fact that it is a piece of Tudor revival architecture that is important to Iowa City and important to this area. She stated that when it was built it would have been surrounded by homes and other residential architecture. Bristow said it is important to the Unitarian Universalists because of the fact that it is part of this newer, more residential style architecture. Bristow said that the previous church was across from Iowa Book and Supply on Iowa Avenue, and it was taken down sometime in the mid 1900s. She said it was much more Gothic, with a really large tower and spire. Bristow said this new church was a departure from the old ecclesiastic architecture with the spire and these kinds of elements. She said that criterion A is met, because of the church's importance along these lines. With regard to criterion B, Bristow said that this is a building where the biggest addition has been removed. She said that a scar can be seen on the south side where it was, but one can still see the original architecture, and the other addition has blended in very well with that. Bristow said that the integrity of style here is very clear. Bristow said that research has been done on this property and on Eleanor Gordon by Professor Cynthia Tucker. Bristow said she thinks there is a possibility, with more research, that the church could actually meet criterion D, associated with lives of persons significant in our past. She said that is kind of a high threshold to meet, as it has to be a person who is very significant to our history or culture. Bristow said staff believes it might be possible with further research. Bristow said staff definitely feels that this building meets the requirements of criterion E: high artistic value, showing the methods of construction, and the integrity of architecture. She said this is something that really stands out as evident of the historic architecture that is seen in this building. Bristow said staff finds that this meets both criteria A and B, as required, and criterion E as well. She said staff recommends that the Commission consider this as a local Iowa City landmark. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 31, 2017 Page 3 of 7 Swaim explained the procedures for the public hearing. Lindsley said he works for Neumann Monson Architects and was at the meeting to represent Jesse Allen. Lindsley said his company is very excited at the opportunity to save this building. He said the building is very important to the history of Iowa City and is an integral part of how the development agreement for this building works. Lindsley said that in order for this to pass City Council, the building needs to be saved with historic landmark status. He said that was part of the basic agreement on which the City Council has voted. Lindsley said that to get the whole TIF agreement to go through, along with the rezoning and development of this property, they need to make sure this is preserved. He said that if this building is not preserved, the project may not move forward, and it puts the building in jeopardy as well. Beck said that he is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Society, although he was not at the meeting to represent the group but was speaking only for himself. He said that this church is very, very important. Beck said the church is important historically to Iowa City for all the reasons outlined by Bristow, and he urged the Commission to grant historic landmark status to the church. He said the church is a beautiful part of old downtown Iowa City that should be preserved, along with all the new that is going up. Trimble said she represents Friends of Historic Preservation. She stated that this church is very significant as part of a larger movement in Iowa City. Trimble said that some of the first settlers in Iowa City were Unitarians, which was unusual at the time, but probably led a lot into how Iowa City has always been a forward -thinking and progressive community. Trimble said that along with that, this church hosted some of the first women pastors in the country. She said it has also been a place for community meetings in the past. Trimble said the architecture of the church represents the time when the Unitarian Universalists really decided that they were going to be more of a community than a church. She said that is why this looks like a house. Trimble said the architecture of this particular building reflects the fact that the Unitarians meet on an equal basis. Trimble said that a lot of people worked really hard on the actual development. She said it is one of those unique opportunities in which everybody wins. Trimble said that in this case, a historic church will be saved, the parking lot will become apartments and townhouses, and affordable housing, although not on this site, will become available. She said that this project represents a lot of good things that have happened because of people taking the time to listen and because of the developer being so open and receptive to different ideas. MOTION: Agran moved to approve the designation of 10 South Gilbert Street, the former Unitarian Universalist Church, as an Iowa City Historic Landmark based on criteria a, b, and a for local designation. Michaud seconded the motion. Baker said it is clear that the Commission members agree with the comments from the public that this is a very worthwhile project. Michaud said that as far as significant contributions to broad patterns of our history, Unitarians have been very active, probably from the very beginning at this location if not from 1849 when their first church was downtown. She said the Unitarians have always promoted liberal thought HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 31, 2017 Page 4 of 7 and movement at least as far back as Suffrage for women, World War II, civil rights, GLBTQ, and immigrant rights. Michaud said they have been active in all of those things. Swaim said she is very pleased that this is making its way along to clearly being preserved. She said the Commission has been urging this since early 2015 if not before. Swaim said the Commission is grateful that the developer and the City have come together to try to preserve this building, and it looks like it will be happening. Swaim said it is also important that this be saved, because downtown churches in any community are often threatened by a congregation that wants a larger space, both interior and exterior. She said this is an example of a community coming together and saving a downtown church, even though the congregation has outgrown it. Swaim said she is glad the building will continue to be a part of the community. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0 (Boyd, Builta, Kuenzli, and Wagner absent). Miklo said this item will come before the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday at 7 p.m. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS: 503 Melrose Avenue Bristow said this is a local and National Register landmark property. She said it is the A.W. Pratt House. Bristow stated that the house is basically Italianate. She showed the original house and a pre - 1907 addition. Bristow said there is a one-story addition on the side, and in the back there is a sun room and exterior staircase leading from an upper porch to the ground. She said the columns have been replaced, but this is not the original porch. Bristow said there was an earlier, smaller porch on the house before the early addition was put on. Bristow stated that this application is to remove two windows in the basement of the early addition. She showed the location of the windows, saying that they have a flat lintel. Bristow said the area is only partially excavated, as it is kind of a crawl space with a dirt floor under the addition. She said there is a full basement under the original part of the house. Bristow said that because of some grading issues that can be partially but not fully changed and the heavy infiltration of water coming in where the windows are, the applicant is requesting to remove those two windows and replace them with brick. She said there is brick on the site that matches other brick on the house, and it would be recessed just slightly so that the location of those windows would always show. Bristow showed a photograph of the flat lintel. She also showed another one and said that it is an example of one of the lintels on the back of the original part of the house that has segmental arches. Bristow said that the two in the addition do not. She said this therefore is not the removal of something that works in the same language as the original house, it will not be very visible, there is matching brick available, there is a water problem, and there is not access to this part of the house from the inside. Bristow said staff finds it acceptable to remove the windows on the front part of the addition and recommends approval. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 31, 2017 Page 5 of 7 MOTION: Baker moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 503 Melrose Avenue as presented in the application. Clore seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0 (Bovd, Builta, Kuenzli, and Wagner absent). 1016 East Colleae Street Bristow said this is the house that was presumably built and occupied by F. X. Freyder. Bristow said he was a mill owner, builder, and local architect. She said this house is currently the only key, contributing house in the East College Street Historic District. Bristow stated that this is a very complicated house, and the roofline is extremely complicated. She said it is a story and one-half. Bristow said it has a main hip roof, three projecting gables, and a variety of dormers. Bristow showed the front view with the wide porch and showed each side view, pointing out the dormers. She showed the northwest corner, the back of the house, and the third projecting gable. Bristow said the Commission approved a kitchen remodel that added the single -story space and the rear entry addition. Bristow said the current application is to basically add a second story on top of the laundry room space. She said it is complicated in that it would add an additional type of roofline, a shed roof, to a house that already has gables, a hip, and dormers. Bristow said that in order to get the correct head height to get into the new space, the shed roof addition compromised the side of the special dormer on the west. She said that because of the importance of this property and how complicated it is, staff worked further on coming up with some alternative ideas. Bristow said that the original plan was to allow access through an existing closet to create a bathroom. She showed the side of the dormer and where this would tie into it. Bristow said that they did not move forward with the original plan, because they did not want to compromise that dormer or add an additional type of roofline. Bristow said the next idea was to add another gable. She showed how it would look but said they could not really come up with an architectural way for the hip and the gable to meet. Bristow said the owner then came up with the idea of reducing the scope to just adding a dormer. She said this would turn the closet itself into the bathroom space. Bristow said it proved to be successful. She said they can meet the horizontal lines of the other dormers and can match the same roof slope as the other dormers. Bristow said the windows can be the same size as windows in the other dormers. Bristow said this is not adding a dormer to the front of the house, so it will not disturb the view from the street in any way. She said this dormer would fit within the language of the house. Bristow stated that all of the siding, the rooflines, and the material would match. She said the windows would match what was done in the earlier additions on the first floor - the kitchen additions. Bristow said that because of the fact that the west windows are looking directly into an apartment building and this house does have a really nice view into its own back yard and carriage house, the owner has requested adding a window on the side of the dormer. She said HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION July 31, 2017 Page 6 of 7 this is a little bit unusual. Bristow said the dormer itself has windows on the angles and the face. She said the house itself has some language of oddity to it. Bristow said the dormer in the front corner could not even be modeled, because it couldn't really be measured easily by staff. She said that the way that it meets with the roof is very unique. Bristow said staff therefore finds that actually adding the window to the side of the dormer on this, since it is completely on the back and won't be visible even from the alley and because of the uniqueness of many of the things going on with the house, to be acceptable. Swaim said this house is unique and a challenge and thanked the owner and contractor for working with staff to make this work out. Berry-Stoelzle, one of the owners of the house, said that this whole project has been a great learning experience. He said what they really wanted is one additional bathroom, and that is how the project got started. Berry-Stoelzle thanked Bristow for the time and effort spent to help them with this project. Baker stated that Berry-Stoelzle and his wife are her neighbors. She said that other than sending them to talk to Bristow, she did not have any impact or influence on this project. Agran asked if the window that is going in will have a diagonal, lower sash. Bristow said that at this point, they will figure out what kind of custom thing can be done. She said that if there could be something operable, that would be wonderful, but she did not know if it would be possible. Bristow said that basically it would be a square with the bottom stile at an angle instead, so it would still have four sides. Agran said that there are other houses around town that have those moments where they have unusual spots that get filled in with some kind of leaded window. He said that there does seem to be a degree of precedent for this. MOTION: Agran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 1016 East College Street, as presented in the staff report. DeGraw seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0 (Boyd, Builta, Kuenzli, and Wagner absent). CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR JUNE 15,2017: Swaim asked if, on page three for the 1322 Muscatine Avenue paragraph, Bristow could clarify the first sentence. Bristow said she could clarify it to read, "the very last Moffitt cottage next to the bridge at Court Street in the small district along Muscatine." MOTION: Baker moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's June 15, 2017 meeting, as amended with the clarification on the Moffitt house project. Agran seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0 (Boyd Builta, Kuenzli and Wagner absent. COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION: Miklo said the next meeting will be held as regularly scheduled. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:03 p.m. Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD 2016-2017 NAME TERM EXP. 7/14 8/11 9/8 10/13 11/10 12/8 1/12 2/9 3/9 4/13 5/11 6/15 7/31 AGRAN, THOMAS 7/1/20 O/E O/E X X X X X X O/E X X X X BAKER, ESTHER 7/1/18 X X X X O/E X X X O/E X X X X BOYD, KEVIN 7/1/20 — — X X X O/E X X X X X X BUILTA, ZACH 7/1/19 X X X X X X O/E X X O/E X X CLORE, GOSIA 7/1/20 X X X O/E X X X O/E X X X X X DEGRAW, SHARON 7/1/19 X O/E X O/E X X X X X X X X KARR, G. T. 7/1/20 — — — — — — — — — — — — X KUENZLI, CECILE 7/1/19 X X X X X X O/E X X O/E X MICHAUD, PAM 7/1/18 X O/E X X X X X X X X X X X SWAIM, GINALIE 7/1/18 X X X X X O/E O/E X X X X X X WAGNER, FRANK 7/1/18 X X X O/E X X X X X X X KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused — = Not a Member