HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing Amendment Application OutlineJefferson County Planning Commission Meeting
March 15, 2023
Housing Amendment Application
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Rural Low Impact Housing Overlay
Design code alternative based on the Planned Rural Residential Development (PRRD) framework:
1. Outlines the development of a special project
2. Looks at cumulative development impacts
3. Uses performance standards for level of development rather than residential zoned density
(dwelling units/acre)
4. It is an overlay zone, or floating zone, and done by an opt-in program
5. Can implement a Planned Low Impact Development (PLID) land division section, particularly in
Port Hadlock/Irondale UGA.
6. It considers any critical areas and performance standards are applied to reduce cumulative
impacts, improve condition of critical areas, applies Low Impact Development standards.
7. Permitted through a Type II process with a community meeting requirement
8. Bonus density and incentives can include amenities such as linear parkways, connectivity
networks to trails and parks (propose for year two—2024 Amendment Cycle.
9. Amends Farmworker Housing code to decouple employer from housing provider.
10. Biodiversity plan, impervious surfaces, parking and transportation
11. Satellite bedrooms, two kitchens maximum (primary residence & accessory structure)
Additional UDC Amendment Proposals:
FARMWORKER HOUSING AMENDMENTS JCC 18.30.030
PLANNED RURAL RESIDENTIAL AMENDMENTS Ch. 18.15 JCC
URBAN GROWTH AREA WETLAND & FWHCA PROTECTION PLANNING Ch. 18.18 JCC
Add development incentives and re-design/re-development
DENSITY INCENTIVES ADDED to RURAL LOW IMPACT HOUSING OVERLAY
CONGREGATE HOUSING, ADD as NEW USE to UDC Use Table JCC 18.15.040
UDC DEVELOPMENT FOR BOARDING HOUSE STANDARDS
1. Shared water, waste and utility systems
2. Incentivized by increased (bonus) density
3. Create open space
NEW NAMED USE: INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES WITH COMMON AREAS
Jefferson County Planning Commission Meeting
March 15, 2023
1. Allow typical impervious surface area to be divided among smaller dwelling footprints
2. Shared water, waste and utility systems
3. Performance Standards
a. Biodiversity plan
b. Invasive species plan
c. Agriculture or forestry plan
d. Community-oriented plan
e. Mixed use plan as applicable
4. Performance standards incentivize small dwellings sited to create open space, clustered or
distributed, to meet natural features and site characteristics
5.
Septic perspectives on residential and commercial systems--forthcoming
Transportation & Parking perspectives--forthcoming