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Home My WebLink About1992-04-13 92-199 ORDINANCEData April 7,,;1993 "item No.92_199 Amending Land Development Code- Chapter VIII, Article 20, Table V-2- Item/Subject: Developing Area - Article 15 - Section I. A. and section i., 9., 3. - 1 Permitted Uses and Manufactured Housing _ responsible Department: Community and Economic Development Commentary: - The Community and Economic Development Committee has discussed the proposed Council Item 91-150 which reduces minimum lot s requirements formanufactured home subdivisions and minimum lot width to 10,000 square feet and 75 feet respectively. The c e and recommendation of the Committee was that minimum lot sizes for manufactured homes and stick -built homes should be similar. Therefore, the attached ordinance amendment is offered for first reading by the Council. _ As proposed, the Ordinance amendment will require minimum lot sizes of 10,000 square feet for both manufactured and stick -built single-family homes. Minimum lot dimensions foc-manufactured homes will be 75' wide x 133' deep and 100' x 100' for stick built homes. This item should be referred to the Planning Board. 'v O n lleaA Manager's Comments: e City Monnyn Associated Information: human; Approval: Fiwnm Dircaur LegeApproval: a�l: Cp m,der Spuey roar 1,PV A ron (rt (1A -0 on this Inm. U6,y✓sloliefmr Introduced For LiPassage xQ First reading ®Referral raw _of— 92-199 Amo patoCouncilor Frankel April 13. 1992 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) Mritll MM, Mending _Lad Developmen< 11 Cod cnapte1. r viii Art ue 20, Table V 2... -....Develop ng Area.-. Article 15. -_Se tiora.1Aand- Section- ..l.,..&_,.$. - Permitted Uses and ManufacturedHousing Be B ordained by de City Ce mmoU of W City dBanpur, ae "asks. THATChapterVIII, Article 20, Table. V-2 - Developing Area - Article 15 - Section. J..A and Section i., B., 3 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor be amended as follows: Min. Lot Area Min. Lor width I. A. Permitted Uses 12;89& -sq: -ft. 10.000 sq. ft. 1.,6.,3. Manufactured Housing i2sBBg-sq,-fH 19Bc IOr000 sq. ft. 75' STATEMENT OF FACT: Additions are underlined and deletions are struck -ace. In City Council April 13.1992 ]et reeding refered to committee Councilor Saucy abstained City Clerk Gita In City council April 27,1992 Failed passage (vote 4 yes 4 No 1 abstained Voting Yes Baldacci.Blencbette. Bragg.Frankel Voting No Coben.5aWer.Caxl.Stone Abstaining Saucy 92-199 ORDINANCE ( TITLE.) AmendinsLand Development Code Chapter 8 Article 20 table V-2 Developing Area Article 15 - Section 1 A and Section 1.B.3 permitted uses and Nsnuf red Hoa geed to 7l1e.�2Q an �1� 92-199 Excerpt From Planning Staff Memorandum Itgm_tt � A; Land Development Code Amendment - Chapter VIII, Article 20, Table V-2 - Developing Area - Section 1., A., and Section 1., B., 3. - Minimum Let Sizes - Permitted Uses and Manufactured Housing - city of Bangor, applicant - C.O. # 92-199 a. The Board will recall that there was a proposed amendment to this section before them at the last meeting (C.O. # 92-150). At that time we discussed the need for different development standards for manufactured housing in the condi- tional use, manufactured housing complexes. The amendment proposed in the above Council ordinance has added another change to the development standards in the Low -Density Resi- dential District, which is a reduction of the minimum lot size for permitted uses (single-family detached dwellings, for the most part) from 12,000 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft. b. The full issue of minimum lot s and relevant development standards for single-family detached housing and other hous- ing types in the low-density residential district has re- ceived a great deal of attention in recent weeks. It was agreed by the Comprehensive Plan Committee prior to the passage of the new Land Development Code that there was a sed for larger minimums in the single-family, residential subdivisions. Therefore, the standards which presently appear in the Ordinance were developed. Since adoption of the new Land Development Code, there has been a further review of minimum lot sizes due to concerns an the part of developers as to potential increases in cost and concerns about the appearance of treating different housing types in different ways under the Land Development cede. It is the Planning Staff's position that the development standards for different housing types under the Loa Density Residential District teed to be tailored to the conditions under which such development takes place. In fact, the whole concept of the low density residential district was to provide, under one zoning classification, the opportunity for various low density housing types without having different zoning districts, which required zone changes on a project -by -project basis. Therefore, the conditional use housing types in the Law Density Residential District each have their appropriate set of development standards and will each be reviewed as specific site development plans prior to their approval andconstruction, 92-199 c. The concern with there being a different development stan- dard for the permitted use section of the sone (which i primarily single-family detached housing) arises from concern r with the perception of unfairness inthe Ordinance, if, for example, manufactured housing has one set of develop- ment standards and single-family detached housing another. Staff understands the concern raised but would respectfully suggest that the present development standard for the permit- ted uses is appropriate in that these lots will be developed by individuals without coordination with development o adjacent parcels. The tendency is for housing types to be installed on them which require larger parcels due to subse- quent additions, construction of accessory use garages, and other changes to the site developmentover time. A smaller lot can lead to constrictions on the future use of the par- cel (after the initial home structure has been built). d. If the Board concurs that the fairness issue is more impor- tant than the appropriateness of the development standards for the different housing types, then it should recommend this Ordinance in its entirety to the City Council. (see prior discussion in March 31, 1992 Memorandum On the develop- ment standards for manufactured housing, which the Board recommended at its last meeting.)