HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-05-15 Public hearing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing
will be held by the City Council of Iowa City,
Iowa, at 7:00 p.m. on the 15th day of May, 2001,
in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E.
Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa, or if said
meeting is cancelled, at the next meeting of the
City Council thereafter as posted by the City
Clerk; at which hearing the COuncil will consider:
1 .) A public hearing on an Ordinance changing
the zoning designation from P, Public, to CB-10,
Central Business District, for approximately 0.76
acres of properly located south of Iowa Avenue
between Linn Street and Gilbert Street (Tower
Place).
2.) A public hearing on an ordinance amending
the Zoning Code (Article E, Commercial and
Business Zones) to allow public, municipal
parking facilities as a permitted use in the
Central Business District (CB-10) and Central
Business Support (CB-5) Zones.
Copies of the proposed ordinances are on file
for public examination in the office of the City
Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons
wishing to make their views known for Council
consideration are encouraged to appear at the
above-mentioned time and place.
MARlAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK
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Prepared by: John Yapp, Associate Planner, John Adam, Planning Intern, City of
Iowa City, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; 319-356-5247
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING
DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 0.83
ACRES FROM PUBLIC (P) TO CENTRAL
BUSINESS (CB-10) LOCATED SOUTH OF
IOWA AVENUE BETWEEN LJNN STREET AND
GILBERT STREET.
WHEREAS, the applicanl, the City of Iowa
City, has requested that the City rezone
approximately 0.83 acres of property located on
the southeast corner of Iowa Avenue and South
Gilbert Street from P to CB-10; and
WHEREAS, this property is occupied by the
Tower Place Parking Facility; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan
identifies as one of its transportation goals the
construction of "off-street parking garages with
ancillary uses" as a means of fostering economic
growth and vitality; and
WHEREAS, the Tower Place parking Facility
currently complies with all dimensional
requirements of the CB-10 zone; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Ordinance is being
amended to allow facilities such as the Tower
Place Parking Facility in the CB-IO zone; and
WHEREAS, rezoning this property to CB-10
Will allow commercial and office uses to exist on
the same property as pub;ic parking; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning
Commission has recommended approval of the
proposed rezoning.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA:
SECTION I. APPROVAL: The property
described below is hereby reclassified from its
present classificafion of P to CB-10:
PROCEEDING FROM THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF BLOCK 81 OF THE ORIGINAL
TOWN PLAT WEST 240 FEET, THENCE
SOUTH 150.4 FEET, THENCE EAST 240.17
FEET, THENCE NORTH 150 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
SECTION II. ZONING MAP. The Building
Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to
change the Zoning Map of the City of Iowa City,
Ordinance No.
Page 2
Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon final
passage, approval, and publication of this
Ordinance as provided by law.
SECTION III. CERTIFICATION AND
RECORDING. The City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to certify a copy of this
Ordinance and to record same in the Johnson
County Recorders Office at the applicanrs
expense upon passage and approval of this
Ordinance.
and parts of
provision of this Ordinance are :hereby repealed.
adjudged to be invalid or unConstitutional, such
adjudication shall not affect the validity of the
Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or
pad thereof not adjudicated invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordi-
nance shall be in effect after its final passage,
approval and publication, as provided by law.
Passed and approved this __ day of
,2001.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Approved by
City Attorneys Office
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Shared/pcd/John Ntower pl rez ord (2)
STAFF REPORT
To: Planning and Zoning Commission Prepared by: John Yapp, Associate
Planner; John Adam, Planning Intern
Item: REZ01-00005, Tower Place Parking Facility Date: March 15, 2001
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Applicant: City of Iowa City
410 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Contact person: John Yapp, Associate Planner
Iowa City Department of Planning and
Community Development
410 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 356-5247
Requested action: Rezoning the Tower Place Parking
Facility from Public (P) to Central
Business (CB-10)
Purpose: To accommodate the co-existence of
non-public commercial space and City-
owned public parking within a common
structure
Location: Nodh half of Block 61 of original town
plat; or, the SE corner of Iowa Avenue
and Linn Street
Property size: approximately 0.76 acres
Existing land use and zoning: Retail, CB-10; municipal parking garage,
vacant, P
Surrounding land use and zoning: North: Univ. of Iowa, P;
East: Religious, CB-2;
South: EIder housing, P; commercial,
CB-10;
West: Retail, CB-10.
Comprehensive Plan: The Comprehensive plan supports the
construction of public parking facilities
with ancillary uses.
File date: March 15, 2001
45-day limitation period: Deferred to May 17, 2001
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Public utilities: Site is currently served by water and
sanitary sewer facilities
Public services: Police and fire protection are provided by
the City. Private haulers provide waste
collection service for the private
businesses.
Transpodation access: From Gilbert Street, Iowa Avenue and
South Linn Street
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Tower Place Parking Facility will be completed sometime this summer. Part of the land it sits
on is zoned Central Business District, CB-10, while approximately two thirds of it is zoned Public,
P. Normally, parking facilities are zoned Public, but Tower Place is a unique facility in Iowa City
due to the intermixed use and ownership of the land it sits on. The private commercial spaces
have been sold as condominium units, while the parking areas remain under City ownership. As
currently written, the Zoning Ordinance requires land that is owned by the public to be zoned
Public; land owned privately is not permitted to be zoned Public. Concurrent with the rezoning of
this property, staff is recommending the Zoning Ordinance section pertaining to permitted uses in
the Central Business District be amended to allow municipally owned, mixed-use parking facilities
as a permitted use in the CB-10 and CB-5 zones (see associated memo).
ANALYSIS:
The 1997 Comprehensive Plan for Iowa City identifies as one of its transportation goals the
construction of "off-street parking garages with ancillary uses" (p. 55) as a means of fostering
economic growth and vitality. The type of zoning for this kind of use has not been previously
determined; Staff considered the idea of applying "vertical" zoning to the facility (i.e., treating each
level within the structure as a separately zoned space), but rejected it for the reason that doing so
would establish a bad precedent; zoning applies to the land, not to the various levels of a
structure. In order to allow for a mixed-use, mixed-ownership structure such as Tower Place, Staff
recommends the Tower Place property be rezoned entirely to CB-10, and the zoning code be
amended to allow municipal parking facilities in the CB-10 zone.
The Tower Place Parking Facility currently complies with all dimensional requirements of the CB-
10 zone, including required setbacks and building height (14-6E-BE).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that REZ01-00005, a request to rezone approximately 0.76 acres from Public,
P, to Central Business Zone, CB-10, for property located in and comprising the North half of Block
61 of the original town ~lat, be approved.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Location Map
Approved by:
Robert Miklo, Senior Planner
Department of Planning and
Community Development
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CITY Ot: IOtYA CITY
SITE LOCATION: Tower Place REZ01-00005
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Prepared by: John Yapp, Associate Planner, John Adam, Planning Intern, City of
Iowa City, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; 319-356-5247
ORDINANCE NO.
E, ENTITLED "COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS
zo. Es," TO O ,NEO,
MIXED-USE IN THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS SUPPORT ZONE (CB-5)
AND THE CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONE (CB-10)
WHEREAS, municpally owned parking
facilities are permitted only in Public (P) Zones
under current regulations in the Zoning Chapter;
and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan
identifies as one of its transpodation goals the
construction of "off-street parking garages with
ancillary uses" as a means of fostering economic
growth and vitality; and
WHEREAS, facilities such as Tower Place
parking facility, in which private and public uses
coexist in the same structure, cannot be
considered purely public uses; and
WHEREAS, more such mixed-use facilities
may be desirable in future, including conversions
of facilities that, currently, are used only for
parking; and
WHEREAS, the planned South Side
Transportation Center will be a mixed-use facility
in a Central Business Support Zone (CB-5),
necessitating the inclusion of that zone in this
ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA:
SECTION I. AMENDMENT: Chapter 6, Zoning
Chapter, Article E, CommerCial and Business
Zones, of the City Code is hereby amended by
adding the following permitted use to subsection
14-6E-SB:
14-6E-8B(7): municipally owned parking
facilities
SECTION II, REPEALER. All ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION Ill. SEVERABILITy. If any section,
provision or part of the O~inance shall be
adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
adjudication shall not affect the validity of the
Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or
Ordinance No.
Page 2
pad thereof not adjudged invalid or unconsti-
tutional.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordi-
nance shall be in effect after its final passage,
approval and publication, as provided by law.
Passed and approved this __ day of
,2001.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
City Attorneys Office
Shared/pcd/John Ntower pl ord (2)
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 12, 2001 (for April 19 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting)
To: Planning and Zoning Commission
From: John Yapp, Associate Planner
John Adam, Planning Intern
Re: Proposed Amendment to allow municipal parking facilities in the
CB-10 and the CB-5 Zones
The Tower Place Parking Facility is nearing completion, and some issues have arisen
because of its mixed-use and mixed-ownership nature. Typically, properties that are
owned by the City, such as the other downtown parking facilities, are zoned Public (P).
In this case, however, the land cannot be zoned Public because parts of the facility have
been condominiumized and sold to private property owners. Under the current zoning
code, the property cannot be zoned entirely CB-10 because much of the facility is owned
by the public, and the Zoning Code currently requires that properties owned by the pub-
lic be zoned Public. A zoning code amendment is needed to allow for public parking and
private commercial uses to coexist on the same property.
To zone portions of the facility occupied by retailers as CB-10 would be a simple matter
if it were not for the fact that public parking extends over every retail space. Because
public parking extends over private retail space, staff needed to find a solution that al-
lows both uses to coexist in the same zone. Staff feels the cleanest approach is to
amend the Zoning Ordinance to include municipafiy owned parking facilities as a per-
mitted use in the CB-10 zone, and to rezone the entirety of the Tower Place property as
CB-10. The unique nature of the land use and intermixed ownership make this amend-
ment necessary. The future Near South Side Transportation Center, to be located in the
Central Business Support (CB-5) zone south of Burlington Street, will also require this
amendment, because it, too, will be a mixed-use facility. This amendment will also allow
for future development of mixed-use parking facilities and for conversion of existing
parking facilities to include a mixture of uses in the future.
Staff feels it is necessary to continue to permit only municipally owned parking facilities
in the Central Business Zone, not private parking garages. The provision of parking fa-
cilities is a responsibility the City should reserve for itself, for a number of reasons. One,
funds collected from parking rates are used to maintain parking facilities and to help pay
for new projects. Two, if the private sector were permitted to develop parking facilities,
various undesirable scenarios could result, including the loss of downtown buildings for
the sake of a private parking facilities. Therefore, staff recommends that private parking
areas continue to be permitted only by special exception in the CB-10 zone.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Sections 14-6E-7B and 14-6E-8B of the City Code be amended to
include municipally owned parking facilities as permitted uses in the Central Business
Support Zone (CB-5) and the Central Business Zone (CB-10).
Robert Miklo, Senior Planner,
Department of Planning and Community Development
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:00 p.m.,
on the 15th day of May, 2001, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City,
Iowa, or if said meeting is cancelled, at the next meeting of the City Council thereafter as posted by the City
Clerk, for the purpose of hearing comments for or against the amending of Title 3 of the City Code entitled
"City Finances, Taxation & Fees", Chapter 4 on City utilities to increase the rates for fees and charges for
wastewater treatment works user charges.
information on the proposed rate increase or changes is available at the City C]erk's Office and the
Department of Finance. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are
encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place.
MARlAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK
Fintreas\wastewaternph.doc
Prepared by: Kevin O'Malley, Finance Director, 410 E. Wasl~ngton St., Iowa City, IA 52240 (319)356-5053
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3. "CITY FINANCES, TAXATION AND FEES," CHAPTER 4,
"SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES, CHARGES. BONDS, FINES AND PENALTIES" OF THE CITY CODE, TO
INCREASE WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES IN IOWA CITY, IOWA.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 384, Code of Iowa (1999}, the City of Iowa City is authorized to
establish and provide for the collection of rates to pay for the City's utility systems, including the City's
wastewater treatment facility system; and
WHEREAS, wastewater rates, which were last increased in 2000, are proposed to be increased to
generate adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation, maintenance, necessary expansion and debt
service for the City's wastewater treatment facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City is required to comply with federal wastewater treatment standards,
and is planning to make improvements to double the treatment capacity of the existing South
Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, wastewater rates for fees and charges will fund these projects over time; and
WHEREAS, the Iowa City City Council proposes to increase wastewater user fees by 5% for billings
on or after August 1, 2001 to finance the necessary improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
SECTION I. AMENDMENT. Title 3, Chapter 4, Section 4, entitled "Wastewater Treatment Works User
Charges," of the City Code should be and is hereby amended by repealing Section 3-4-4 and enacting
in lieu thereof a new section 3-4-4 entitled "Wastewater Treatment Works User Charges" to read as
follows:
Ordinance No.
Page 2
3-4-4: WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS USER CHARGES:
Sanitary Sewer Service Charges; Amount of Fee, City Code
Description of Fee, Charge, Bond, Charge, Bond, Chapter, Article or
Fine or Penalty Fine or Penalty Section Reference
Minimum Monthly Charge (includes the First $ 7.18 14-3A-4
100 Cu. Ft. of Water Used)
Monthly Charge for Each Additional 100 Cu. Ft. 3.52 14-3A-4
of Water Used
Monthly Surcharge
BOD (per pound) 300 or less MPL* Included in
charge for 1 O0 14-3A-4
cu.ft. of water
3used
BOD (per pound) from 301 MPL to 2000 MPL* .25 14-3A-4
BOD (per pound) greater than 2000 MPL* .375 14-3A-4
Suspended Solids (SS) (per pound) .20 14-3A-4
Monthly Minimum, Unmetered User 29.42 14-3A-4
Manufactured Housing Park, Monthly Minimum 29.42 14-3A-4
Per Lot
Holding Tank Waste - plus landfill fees $.03 per gallon 14-3A-4
Holding Tank Waste Hauler - Annual Permit $800 per year 14-3A-4
Deposit and Delinquency Fee for Combined City Water 14-3A-7
and/or Sanitary Sewer and/or Solid Waste Collection
Accounts
Residential owner account, per combined $ 0
residential service for City water and/or
sanitary sewer and/or solid waste collection
service
Residential tenant account, per combined resi- $50.00
dential service for City water and/or sanitary
sewer and/or solid waste collection service
Five (5) percent delinquency charge on current 5% current
billed portion of the outstanding amount on billed portion
combined water and/or sanitary sewer and/or
solid waste account that is not paid within
twenty-two (22) days of billing date,
Delinquency Deposit Fee for Combined City Water An amount 14-3A-5
and/or Sanitary Sewer and/or Solid Waste Collection equal to an aver-
Accounts age two-month
billing for the
delinquent
account
*Milligrams per liter (MPL)
Ordinance No.
Page 3
SECTION II. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be
invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole Or
any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and
publication, to be collected as set forth in §14-3A-4, City Code.
Passed and approved this~ day of ,2001.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
A
C'ty ttorney s Office
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Date
NOTICE OF PUBLI,C HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of
Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:00 p.m. on the15~h day of May, 2001, in the Civic Center
Council Chambers, 410 E Washington St, Iowa City, Iowa or if said meeting is
cancelled, at the next meeting of the City Council thereafter as posted by the City
Clerk; at which hearing the Council will consider:
1. The Iowa City Housing Authority's updated Annual Plan advising HUD, its
residents and members of the public of the needs of low-income and very
low-income families, and their strategy for addressing those needs.
The plans will be available for public review at the Iowa City Housing Authority.
Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are
encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of
Iowa City will hold a public hearing on the 15t~ day
of May, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the City of Iowa City, 410 E.
Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa, or if said
meeting is cancelled, at the next meeting of the
City Council thereafter as posted by the City Clerk;
at which hearing the Council will consider a
Resolution of Intent to Convey the property known
as Peninsula Neighborhood, First Addition, Iowa
City, Iowa, to Terry L. Stamper Holdings, L.L.C.
Said property is located in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, and is described as follows: A part
of Auditors Parcel No. 2001020, as recorded in
the Office of the Johnson County Recorder; in
the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township
79 North, Range 6 West of the 5th Principal
Meridian, Johnson County, Iowa, more
particularly described as follows: Commencing at
the South Quarter Corner of Section 4, Township
79 North, Range 7 West of the 5th P.M., Johnson
County, Iowa; Thence N01°39'04"W, 1317.71
feet to the North Line of the East Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 4; Thence
S89°42'21"W, 562.55 feet to a Northeasterly
Corner of Auditor's Parcel 2001020; Thence
S89°44'39"W, 330.00 feet along Auditors Parcel
2001020; Thence N01°37'40"W 203.27 feet
along an easterly line of said parcel to the Point
of Beginning; Thence N01°39'47"W, 779.35 feet
along an easterly line of said Auditors Parcel
2001020; Thence S76°14'45"W, 468.87 feet
along a northerly line of said Auditors Parcel
2001020; Thence N65°31'42"W, 517.98 feet
along a northerly line of said parcel; Thence
S27°46'06"W, 217.50 feet; Thence S62°13'54"E,
15.70 feet; Thence S27°46'06"W, 178.00 feet;
Thence S62°13'54"E, 313.28 feet; Thence
N29°51'49"E, 8.47 feet; Thence S60°00,57"E,
386.25 feet; Thence N29°51'49"E, 226.16 feet;
Thence S85°42'12"E, 163.84 feet; Thence
S30°01'32"W feet; Thence S60°08'11"E, 191.33
feet; Thence S00°01'28"W, 54.39 feet; Thence
S89059'01"E, 193.27 feet to the Point of
Beginning; and containing 12.09 acres, subject
to easements and restrictions of record.
Copies of the proposed resolution are on file for
public examination in the office of the City Clerk,
Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to
make their views known for Council consideration
are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned
time and place.
MARlAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK