HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0002) IR 21-10632 - Proposed Zoning Ord.Text Amend. MU-1 and MU-2INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 21-10632
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
August 17, 2021
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS FOR MU-1
and MU-2 MIXED USE DISTRICTS AND UR URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
Staff is proposing Zoning Ordinance text amendments for the MU-1 Low Intensity Mixed -Use,
MU-2 High Intensity Mixed -Use, and UR Urban Residential zoning districts, as recommended by
the Mixed -Use Zoning Advisory Group (MUZAG) and staff. MUZAG is comprised of community
stakeholders and developers. It was reconvened in March 2018 to review development standards
for MU-1 Low Intensity Mixed -Use, MU-2 High Intensity Mixed -Use, and UR Urban Residential
and make recommendations for appropriate amendments. MUZAG continued to meet through
2019. The City Council adopted the first phase of zoning text amendments for UR in August 2018
and for MU-1 and MU-2 in March 2019 incorporating the recommendations from MUZAG.
Additional clarifications and amendments to MU-1, MU-2, and UR are recommended by MUZAG
and by staff as follows:
1) Provide staff authority to grant modifications to certain development standards with a
maximum modification of 10% for setbacks, bufferyard, and primary entrance and 20% for
fenestration (i.e. amount of window/door openings)
2) Remove Project Test and only require a Proximity Test to other uses for projects with 90% or
more residential uses.
3) Remove One -Family detached homes from the list of permitted uses or building types to
encourage appropriate density.
4) Separate Duplex and Manor House as distinct and allowed housing types.
5) Remove minimum required street frontage and street frontage alternatives; building frontage
minimums are addressed through off-street parking standards.
6) Update Live/Work height bonus standards and graphics to be consistent across the MU-1 and
MU-2 districts.
7) Allow a parking reduction for all residential housing types within one -quarter mile of an existing
or planned passenger rail station.
8) Require a transitional height plane only when adjacent to One -Family or Two -Family districts.
9) Remove Enhanced Landscaping point system and table. Require street trees and pedestrian
lights along all rights -of -way.
10) Allow medium canopy trees to count towards required parking lot canopy coverage.
11) Remove 5% canopy coverage for Urban Forestry in MU-1 and MU-2.
12) Require two fagade variations regardless of the building width.
13) Provide clarification on primary and secondary entrance locations.
14) Add intent statements throughout ordinance to clarify the intent of specific standards.
15) Reformat text and include tables in several locations to improve legibility and ease of use.
Items 1, 7-10, and 12-15 above are also applicable to the UR Urban Residential district
amendments. Additional amendments specific to the UR district are as follows:
1) Update review language, parking lot screening height, and residential fencing to be consistent
with the MU-1 and MU-2 districts.
2) Remove minimum building height.
3) Add standards for street level parking structure fagades and ground floor activity.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 21-10632
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
August 17, 2021
Page 2of2
SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS FOR MU-1
and MU-2 MIXED USE DISTRICTS AND UR URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
The Urban Design Commission has received briefings and discussed the amendments at its May,
June, and July 2021 meetings. The remaining anticipated public hearing schedule for the
proposed amendments would be:
Urban Design Commission August 19, 2021
Zoning Commission September 8, 2021
City Council October 12, 2021
MU-1/2 and UR text amendments are proposed to be separate agenda items on the City Council
agenda.
If you have any questions, please contact Sevanne Steiner, Planning Manager, Development
Services Department, at 817-392-8012, or Korrie Becht, Senior Planner, Planning and Data
Analytics Department, at 817-392-7944.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS