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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - New criteria for urban revitalization multi-family criteria matrix RESOLUTION NO. 03-082 RESOLUTION ADDING NEW CRITERIA TO THE URBAN REVITALIZATION MULTIPLE-FAMILY CRITERIA MATRIX FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, on December 2002, the City Council received a letter from Ev Cochrane & Associates requesting that the City review its policies with respect to multiple-family development with parking structures in the Residential High Density(RH)zones of the University-Impacted Area; and, WHEREAS, the City Council was asked to investigate methods of utilizing the Urban Revitalization Tax Abatement program as an incentive to accomplish the construction of structured parking in this area of the City; and, WHEREAS, on 2/25/03,the City Council finalized a zoning text amendment that provides that a parking ramp can be located in the RH Zoning District as long as it is within 300 feet of a mixed-use project in the DCSC Zoning District and the ramp is constructed such that it provides a portion of the parking supply needed for residential dwellings constructed in a mixed-use project; WHEREAS, the adopted Urban Revitalization Criteria Matrix does not provide for a tax abatement for the development of a parking ramp without accomplishing some other stated goal; and, WHEREAS, one of the original goals of the City Council was to provide for additional parking to improve conditions in the University Area; and, WHEREAS,additional criteria could be added as part of the existing"underutilized"criteria in the Multiple-Family Residential Criteria Matrix; and, WHEREAS,the new required criteria would be applicable only in the University-Impacted Area that is zoned RH and is within 300 feet of a mixed-use project in the DCSC District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that a change is hereby approved to the Multiple-Family Criteria Matrix to add new criteria in the required"underutilized" category that would include a parking facility constructed in an RH Zone within 300 feet of a DCSC District if it meets the following standards: (1) The parking ramp is constructed as an accessory use to a new or existing apartment dwelling. (2) The parking ramp provides, at a minimum, 50%more parking spaces than is required for the apartment dwelling on the property where the ramp is located and the mixed-use project for which the ramp is constructed as a result of the remote parking agreement,as provided for in Section 29.406(18)of the Municipal Code. ADOPTED THIS 4`'day of March, 2003. C�A�?. UAJ.& �4 Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor Introduced by: Cross Seconded by: Goodhue Voting aye: Cross, Goodhue, Mahayni, Vegge, Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: Hoffinan Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 4th of March, 2003.