The document discusses several existing and potential options for city ordinances to preserve neighborhood integrity, including implementing or modifying neighborhood overlay districts, parking requirements, impervious cover standards, building design standards, and occupancy regulations. Specifically, it outlines options to address parking such as requiring larger parking spaces, one space per bedroom, and driveway designs. It also discusses regulating building placement, size, and types to manage density, occupancy, and aesthetics.

1. Options to Preserve
Integrity of Neighborhoods
Agenda Item 5.1
May 27, 2021

2. Existing Options
Neighborhood Conservation
Overlay (NCO) District
 Minimum Setbacks
 Minimum Lot Size
 Maximum Building Height
 Tree Preservation
 Landscape Maintenance
 Maximum Lot Coverage
 Garage Access / Connection / Location
 Off-Street Parking
 Fencing
Restricted Occupancy Overlay
(ROO) District

3. Increase the
Required Size of
Parking Spaces
• Reduces parking in the yard and on the
street
• Increases impervious cover
• Impacts aesthetics
22.5’
9’
10’
20’
180 square feet 225 square feet

4. Require One Parking
Space per Bedroom
• Current max is 4, except in
Neighborhood Conservation areas
• Reduces parking in the yard and on
the street
• Could lead to increased occupancy
• Increases impervious cover
• Impacts aesthetics

5. Require a New
Driveway Detail to
Avoid Double Parking
• Reduces parking in the yard and on the
street
• Impacts aesthetics
• Increases impervious cover

6. Don’t Allow
Parking in Front of
Dwelling
• Impacts aesthetics
• Pulls dwellings closer to the street
• Pushes parking to the side or rear yards
• Could limit occupancy
• Shared parking in rear yard

8. Eliminate Private
Access Parking in
Residential Areas
• Increases driveway approaches to the
street
• Impacts impervious coverage
• Impacts aesthetics

9. Modify Impervious
Cover Standards
• Reduces impervious coverage
• Impacts aesthetics
• Creates taller buildings
• Limits density
• Creates sprawling development
pattern
Zoning District Rural
Wellborn
Estate
Estate
Wellborn
Restricted
Suburban
Restricted
Suburban
General
Suburban
Duplex Townhouse
Min. Average Lot
Area
3 acres
average
2 acres 1 acre 20,000 SF 10,000 SF 5,000 SF 3,500 SF 2,000 SF
Max. Impervious
Cover
30% 30% 30% 40% 50% 55% 65% 75%

11. Require Garages to
be Built with All
New Construction
• Reduces parking in the yard and on the
street
• Creates storage options
• Impacts aesthetics
• Garage conversion

12. Require Garages to be
Built Behind Front
Façade of Home
• Reduces parking in the yard and on
the street
• Impacts aesthetics
• Garage conversion

13. Regulate Interior
Layout of Dwellings
• Limits occupancy
• Safety concerns
• Enforceability

14. Regulate
Maximum Size
of Dwellings
• Based on character of
neighborhood
• Limits large dwellings

15. Increased Occupancy
Ordinance (IOO)
• Allows for increases in occupancy with
certain conditions
• Increases supply
• Allows greater density in selected
areas
• Mixed residential zoning ordinance

16. Regulate Building
Types in Zoning
Districts
• Only allow certain building types in
certain zoning districts
• Create Stealth Dorm or Shared Detached
Housing building type
• Typical characteristics of them include:
 Four or more bedrooms
 Equal bathroom to bedroom ratio
 Bathrooms located directly off bedrooms
 Two stories
 No garage
 Large surface parking area

17. Other Options
• Add additional language to rental registration / lease addendum
• Increase fine amount for parking
• Residential parking permit program or paid parking
• Limit overnight or peak hour on-street parking

18. Options
Parking
• Increase the Required Size of Parking Spaces
• Require One Parking Space per Bedroom
• Require a New Driveway Detail to Avoid Double Parking
Aesthetics
• Don’t Allow Parking in Front of Dwelling
• Eliminate Private Access Parking in Residential Areas
• Require Garages to be Built with All New Construction
• Require Garages to be Built Behind Front Façade of Home
Occupancy
• Modify Impervious Cover Standards
• Regulate Interior Layout of Dwellings
• Regulate Maximum Size of Dwellings
• Increased Occupancy Ordinance (IOO)
• Regulate Building Types in Zoning Districts