HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10182 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10182
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 11, 2018
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*a SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
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AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE MULTIFAMILY FAMILY DESIGN
STANDARDS
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to improve design standards for multifamily
development in CR, C, and D Multifamily zoning classifications.
Last fall the City Council asked staff to identify design standards that would improve the quality of
multifamily development, while considering cost impacts. Staff shared proposed standards with
the Development Advisory Committee, the Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth, the
Apartment Association of Tarrant County, the Zoning Commission, and City Plan Commission.
The proposed amendments would do the following:
• Require buildings to face streets, with parking, driveways and fencing between or behind
buildings
• Require street trees, enhanced landscaping and parking lot screening along public streets
• Require 70% masonry and fagade variation
• Require 250-foot setback from one- and two-family zoning to allow four-story multifamily in
D Multifamily zoning
• Allow 36-foot top plate height for three-story buildings to allow higher quality units
• Allow modest increase in units per acre given market demand for one-bedroom units:
CR — 16 units/acre, C — 24 units/acre, D — 32 units/acre
• Limit block lengths to 1 ,000 feet (UR and MU zoning are 500 feet) and require walkways to
public streets for improved connectivity and walkabilty
The amendments would not affect existing requirements for minimum yards, buffer yards and
screening fences, open space, and off-street parking.
The anticipated public hearing schedule for the proposed amendments would be:
City Plan Commission September 26, 2018
Zoning Commission October 10
City Council November 6
If you have any questions, please contact Dana Burghdoff, Assistant Planning and Development
Director, at 817-392-8018.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS