19-1505 Amending ULDR Table 2-5.4, Section 3-15.2 & 3-10.12

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ORDINANCE 19-1505 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, PART III, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TABLE 2-5.4, SIZE AND DIMENSION REGULATIONS, TO REPEAL AND REPLACE TABLE 2- 5.4 TO CORRECT SCRIVENER'S ERRORS, AND TO REDUCE CERTAIN ZONING CATEGORIES' MINIMUM LIVING AREA AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIOS; TO AMEND SECTION 3-15.2, PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BY USE, TO DECREASE THE PARKING RATIO FOR MULTI -FAMILY RESIDENTIAL; AMENDING SECTION 3-10.12 TO ADD RMF -13, RMF -20 AND PRD TO THE LIST OF ZONING DISTRICTS ABLE TO REQUEST A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FOR BUILDINGS IN EXCESS OF 35 FEET; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry continuously monitors and reviews the Code of Ordinances and the Unified Land Development Regulations to ensure appropriate regulations for development and zoning within the City, and from time to time recognizes the need to study and amend aspects of same; and WHEREAS, in 2013, the Urban Land Institute produced research titled "The Macro View on Micro Units " on market trends in urban settings indicating an increased demand in smaller multifamily unit sizes and increases in the number of studio and one bedroom multi- family units; and WHEREAS, these trends show that occupancy rates of these smaller residential units are greater than those units with a larger square footage footprint; and WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Ordinance 14-1414 which provided smaller living unit sizes and a smaller parking ratio for the Lake Concord Overlay District in keeping with the research developed for market trends in urban settings; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry adopted Ordinance 16-1446 on July 11, 2016 to decrease the minimum living area and decrease the parking spaces required by use, to align with the reduced minimum living areas specifically within the Major Thoroughfare Mixed Use (MTMU) Future Land Use designation, in light of those market changes; and WHEREAS, a jurisdictional analysis of the surrounding municipalities shows provisions for smaller living units, smaller parking ratios and taller buildings for multi -family housing specifically in more urban settings, but the City's Unified Land Development Ordinance 19-1505 Page 5 of 9