[RCAC] Raleigh City Council continues review of RaleighUDO. meeting 12

WHAT: The Planning Staff is bringing back one (1) deferred item for discussion. Following the deferred item, the Planning Staff will provide an overview of Chapter 10, Administration. WHEN: Monday, December 10 at 4:00 pm. WHERE: 222 West Hargett Street, City Council Chamber. LIKELY HOT TOPICS: * Administrative Approvals: A major goal of the UDO is objective standards that enable the City of Raleigh Planning Department to approve many more development proposals administratively. The challenge for City Council is to ensure the UDO has the right rules in the right places. If that doesn't happen, the public's confidence in the UDO could erode quickly. DEFERRED ITEMS: * Tree conservation + amenity open space. The Planning Commission reduced the aggregate requirement from 15 to 10%. There are also concerns about what counts as amenity open space. * Additional Housing Patterns. The discussion about backyard cottages, accessory apartments and cottage courts has been moved to the Comprehensive Planning Committee. This will give the public the opportunity to make comments. * Community Gardens: City Council needs to understand the rationale for special use permits in residential districts R-2 through R-10. * Residential Densities: City Council needs to understand how infrastructure capacity will affect residential density in mixed use districts. * Resource Extraction: City Council asked the Planning Staff to analyze this use by district and review the process for permitting this use. MEETING DOCUMENTS: Planning Commission's Recommendations <http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PlanCurrent/Documents/DevelopmentPlansRevi ew/NewRaleighCode/UDO_Planning_Commission_Recommendations.pdf> | December 10 Staff Report <http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PlanCurrent/Documents/DevelopmentPlansRevi ew/NewRaleighCode/UDO_CC_Review_December_10.pdf> Additional information is available here <http://raleighudo.com/blog/raleigh-city-council-continues-review-raleighudo %E2%80%A6-meeting-12> . Philip W Poe Five Points CAC co-chair 919.410.6772 one number dialing <http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html> pwpoe(a)att.net <mailto:pwpoe@att.net> www.fivepointscac.org <http://www.fivepointscac.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/FivePointsCAC> <http://www.twitter.com/FivePointsCAC>