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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-12-21 Info Packetr City of Iowa Cit, MEMORANDUM Date: December 14, 1982 To: City Council, Dep rtm t Heads From: City Manager! Re: Management Advisory Panel In the last two years a management advisory panel of business and academic leaders with experience in the financial and administrative problems of public and private organizations has provided assistance to the City. Recently several members of the panel have indicated they are no longer ala to participate. I would appreciate your suggestions of people (male, female, minorities) you believe could contribute to the work of the panel. I would appreciate any suggestions you may have within the next two weeks. bj2/2 MICROFILMED OY i` JORM MIC R6L4B CEDAR RAPIDS DES MOINES I i 3068 I N CITY OF IOWA CITY CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHNGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-500 December 13, 1982 i Mr. Jeff Langston, Leasing Agent Plaza Centre One, Suite 500 Dubuque and College Walk Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Langston: At its regular meeting of November 23, 1982, the City Council received and placed on file your letter regarding long-term parking in the downtown area. I have asked the Public Works Department to prepare a request for proposals for a study of parking alternatives, including expansion of the Dubuque Street ramp. The downtown merchants and.businesses will be informed as planning proceeds. If you should have any other comments or questions, please contact me. SIn er�el ours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager cc: City Council I City Clerk Chuck Schmadeke bjl/3 1 141CROFILMED BY 1 JORM MICR6LAB -i � CEDAR RAPI05 •DES I4014ES j _ J 3669 J December 13, 1982 Mr. Bruce Walter 809 Eastmoor Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Walter: Recently you appeared at a Council meeting and inquired as to whether or not it would be possible to extend transit service to your residential area. Mr. McGonagle, the Transit Manager, has investigated that matter. He does not recommend that the route be extended. During peak hours there is not sufficient lay -over time. In addition, the extension would require making a left-hand turn across traffic and up a hill which seems to be a very unsafe condition, particularly during winter months. Accordingly, the City staff will not recommend a change to the City Council at this time. If you have any other questions concerning this matter or other City services, please contact me. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager bdw/sp cc: City Council 3070 l j 111CRor ILnED BY JORM MICROLdB I f � LEDER RAPIDS DES MOINES T tI i j City of Iowa Cit, MEMORANDUM Date: December 2, 1982 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager From: Larry McGonagle, Transit Manager`/ Re: Extension of Manville Heights Route This is in response to the City Council's request concerning Mosquito Flats. 1. To include this area in the Manville loop would take approximately 3- 5 minutes depending upon the passenger load. During the A.M. non - peak, we have approximately five minutes layover at Lee and Park Road. In the P.M., the layover is at Wolf and River. During peak times there is about one minute of layover time. 2. This addition would add approximately one mile to the present route. 3. Servicing this area would require making a left turn, across traffic and up a hill, onto River Road. 4. At present we have no idea as to the number of additional passengers we can generate from this addition. Based upon present information, I recommend that.we not add this area at present. The reasons for this are as follows: 1. During the peak we do not have the necessary time to run this addition safely. 2. It is extremely unsafe to make a left-hand turn across River Road and accelerate up the hill, especially during the Winter months. 3. Presently we have no idea of the number of additional people in this area who will use this service. Before anything is done, this area should be surveyed to determine potential ridership. Also, to determine if the majority of residents want buses in their neighborhood. The route this bus would have to use appears to be one where a lot of children live. 4. When the housing development at Court and Scott Road is completed we will look at extending the Court Hill route. At the same time we could look at adding the Mosquito Flats area. This would probably result in a 45 -minute headway during non -peak hours and a 30 -minute headway during peak times. bdw/sp C' MICROT ILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES 140I0ES 3070 X t r City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: December 10, 1982 TO: Iowa City City Council FROM: City Clerk RE: Beer/Liquor License/Conditional Approval FOR YOUR INFORMATION --Conditional approval was given at the 8/17/82 Council meeting to Stop Gap, 105 E. Burlington Street for Sunday Sales/Beer Permit. They have submitted, after the 90 -day period, the required information which allows them to retain their permit. Conditional approval was given at the 9/14/82 Council meeting to Mama's, 5 South Dubuque Street for Sunday Sales/Liquor License. They have submitted, after the 90 -day period, the ows them to retain their license. required information which all "ICROFIL11CD BV I JORM MICR6LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES M01 ES. i 3071 N 1 r 9 MEARDON, SUEPPEL, DOWNER & HAYES WILLIAM L.MEARDON LAWYERS WILLIAM F. SUEPPEL TELEPHONE ROBERT N. DOWNER 122 SOUTH LINN STREET 338.9222 JAMES P. HAYES IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 AREA CODE 319 JAMES O. MCCARRAGHER THOMAS J. CILEN MARK T. HAMER THOMAS O. HOBART December 13, 1982 MARGARET T. LAINSON ANGELA M. RYAN DOUGLAS O. RUPPERT Honorable Mayor DE C: City CounselI? I r r -- n- I- I t c Civic Center 410 E. Washington CIlY CLLIfi. (sj Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor and Members of the City Counsel: The Greater Iowa City Area Apartment Association has requested that we communicate to you the Association's concerns and objections regarding certain amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. The membership of the Association has sought to meet the rental housing requirejmnts of the Iowa City canmmity. 7n Iowa City, there is a high demand for safe, lost -cost housing within walking distance of the University of Iowa. In the !tet few years, we have seen a number of amendments which have increased the cost of providing rental housing and which tend to discourage development within the city. While a numi-wx of units have been built, the demand for rental housing appears to be ever greater. The impact of any particular regulation may not be profound. However, the cumulative effect of these additional regulations is providing an ever greater detri- ment to housing developTenit within the Iowa City area. The Association has asked me to forward to you a memorandum which our firm prepared for them. The Association is concerned with the apparent impact of Section 8.10.24B in particular and with regard to the "dawn -zoning" process in general. Request is hereby made that the City reconsider the entire "down -zoning" process with regard to the College Hill -South Dodge Street area and that Section 8.10.24B be amended to provide for a reasonable density. We will be happy to meet with you to discuss our concerns at greater length. Very truly yours, I, - �Mazk' T. Hamer Enc. mrii:dr t91CROf ILI4ED Dv 1 1 - JOPIM MICR4LAE3 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOMES i 307,t W a-# T0: Greater Iowa City Apartment Association FROM- Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes DATE: December 9, 1982 Re: Zoning Ordinance Amendments College Hill—South Dodge Street Area Impact on Rooming Houses In response to recent inquiry, this memorandum is a brief over view of our understanding of the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments and the inpact on multi -family and rooming house units, especially in the College Hill --South Dodge Street area. This newrandum is for reference purposes only, is based on the latest known information concerning these Zoning Ordinance amendments and may be subject to modification or differing interpretations. Some tine this month, (December 1982) the City Counsel is expected to pass an ordinance aTending the Zoning Ordinance in Iowa City to rezone portions of the area known as the College Hill/South Dodge Street moratorium area. In general, the ordinance would provide for "down zoning"—a process that would rezone properties within the College Hill --South Dodge Street area to a lower density. We have attached a map indicating the areas to be affected and the City Counsel reeolmendation of nivember 15, 1982 concerning zoning within this area. The minimum square foot area per dwelling unit required under the: "down zoning" is as follows: Zone Square Feet 3,000 R3 3,000 R3A 1,000 R3B 750 Thus, if a property is rezoned from R3A to R3, there must be a minimum of 3,000 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit instead of the previous 1,000 square feet per dwelling unit. These minimum square footage requirements should not be confused with the minimum square footage requirements of the Housing Code. MICROl1LMED BY � JORM MICRfI1LAB� CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES I 3d7� J ■ -2- Canpliance with both the Zoning Ordinance and the Housing Code is required. In addition to the "doom zoning", the City is expected to pass an ordinance which will create the RNC20-Residential Neighborhood Conservation Zone. That attached map indicates the areas proposed to be zoned RNC20. Within this zone, the minimum lot area is 1800 square feet per unit. There- fore, a four -Plea would require a lot of 7200 square feet. with regard to rooming houses, there must be 1800 square feet of lot area for each 330 feet of total floor area. Therefore, a rooming house with 2310 feet of floor area would require a minimum lot size of 12,600 square feet. There appears to be a real question whether any lots within this area will conform to this density requirement. f a property has been developed and does not conform to the density re - I quires f a that property will becoare a ,non -conforming use". If the property is damaged in excess of 50% of its assessed evaluation, the reconstruction of the unit (or reuse of the unit after construction) will have to conform to the new density requirements. In addition, the degree of non -conformity may not be increased (for example, the construction of additional rooms in the basement or attic). In the RNC20 zone, there appears to be a different' Buildings which were conforming Prior to the rezoning to RNC20 may be to down and rebuilt. The the square footage requirements in the M20 zone cumulative effect of and the ears to protect existing rooming houses within the non -conforming use rules app area, but to prevent the creation of any ne%, ones. The decrease in density by rezoning is further compounded by Section 8.10.24B of the Code of Ordinances of Iowa City. In September 1981, the City enacted Section 8.10.24B which affects all property within the City: "For every 330 square feet of total floor area in a rooming house, the equivalent minimum amount of lot area required for a multi -family dwelling unit in the zone in which the rooming house is located, shall be provided." e the density in all The effect of this section is to substantially decreasa in housing and the city planners acknowledge that virtually every rooming house n the City became nonconforming with this enactment. The provision can best be explained by an exangle: 141 CRo(IUIED BY - JORM MW.REILAB I CEDAR RAPIDS Di5 MOINES 7 F r ■r•, -3- One developer recently became involved with a large single-family home on a lot which is 5,950 square feet. The property was zoned R3A. If the property remained RM, he could utilize 1,963.5 square feet for a rooming house. The property is scheduled for dawn zoning to R3 and his rooming house would then not be able to exceed 654.5 square feet in size. Glenn Siders, the chief building inspector, interprets Section 8.10.24B to mean that, in order to obtain a building permit to convert an existing structure to a rooming house, the developer would have to board up and not utilize the remainder of the structure. In order for this developer to utilize the entire structure, he would need a yard that would consist of approximately 80% of the City block In summary, the down zoning of the College Hill—South Dodge Street area and the enactment of Section 8.10.24B have made virtually all rooming housing within this area nonconforming and conversions to roomi.n7 house in this area will probably not be feasible. Conversions to multi -family units may be complicated by lot size. 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