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Planning & Zoning Commission/ Local Planning Agency Minutes December 12, 2018 Page 9 Mr. Henson asked for a motion to address ZB 18-08. Mr. Phillips made a motion that the Planning and Zoning Commission provide a favorable recommendation to the City Commission for ZB 18-08 to amend the Official Zoning Map from CG (Commercial General) to CL (Commercial Limited) for the subject property located on Concord Drive based on the staffs findings of fact and subject to the three (3) conditions listed in the staff report. Mr. Bakalla seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Ninth Item of Business: LPA 19-02: Amendments to ULDR for Multifamily Residential Developments. An ordinance to amend Table 2-5.4, Size and Dimension Regulations, Section 3.15.2, Parking Spaces Required by Use, and Section 3.10.12, Design Criteria for Buildings in Excess of 35 Feet in Height, of the City's Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR). Ms. Emily Hanna, Development Services Manager, reviewed the information provided in her memorandum dated December 12, 2018 to the City of Casselberry Planning and Zoning Commission. Ms. Hanna said in 2013, the Urban Land Institute research paper titled "The Macro View on Micro Units" was released. She said the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed this research paper in 2016 for Ordinance 16-1446. She said that ordinance was adopted based on market trends showing that apartment units are smaller and that one -bedroom units are more favorable. She said that new multifamily projects have more one -bedroom units than two and three bedroom units thus the necessity for a smaller parking ratio. Ms. Hanna said staff continued to evaluate the City's Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) and found that the zoning districts that allow multifamily residential developments (RMF -13 and RMF -20) have size and dimension criteria that does not match the market demand, nor allows those projects to reach their permitted density. She said staff is requesting to make changes to sections of the ULDR in order to allow multifamily residential projects to meet market demands and to build appropriately within the City. Ms. Hanna reviewed the changes to the minimum living area, impervious surface ratio, parking requirements and building height. Ms. Hanna stated that Ms. Hyson reviewed Table 2-5.4 and found multiple scrivener errors within the table. She said that Addendum 1 and Addendum 2 that was distributed to the Planning and Zoning Commission addresses the corrections to the Code (copies are attached and made a part of the minutes). Ms. Hanna reviewed the proposed changes made in Addendum 2. Ms. Hanna made the following additional changes to Addendum 2: