§ 153.0158 USES AND DENSITY.

   (A)   Because most transit users will walk only one-fourth to one-half mile to a transit facility, transit influence areas require high densities on small areas of land. The city finds that uses inconsistent with transit will undermine the most efficient use of limited land areas within a TOD, and may render the transit system unworkable. Accordingly, the uses permitted within the TOD zoning districts are those that are dependent upon, or which may generate, a relatively high level of transit usage. Uses that interfere with transit usage and that generate few transit trips are not permitted. Further, the city finds and determines that minimum levels of density as set forth in this section are required to support transit ridership, and that lower levels of density will not support transit ridership and will create unacceptable levels of vehicular congestion.

   (B)   Permitted, conditional and prohibited uses shall comply with the use matrix ( Table 153.0202(A) of this chapter). The requested densities, in terms of number of units per gross residential acre and total number of dwelling units, shall be set forth in the application. The application shall comply with Table 153.0158(A) below.

Table 153.0158(A): Transit-Oriented Development Dimensional Standards
(A) Location/Size	(B) Minimum Density	(C) Maximum Density	(D) Maximum Density with TDR	(E) Minimum FAR	(F) Maximum FAR	(G) Maximum FAR with TDR
TOD-C
Less than 2 acres	16	40	80	2.5	6.0	12.0
2 acres or more	12	36	72	2.0	4.0	6.0
TOD-P
Less than 2 acres	12	36	70	1.5	4.0	6.0
2 acres or more	8	32	60	1.0	2.0	4.0
NOTES TO TABLE: TDR = transfer of development rights; FAR = floor area ratio. The applicable land-use categories are set forth in Column (A). The minimum land area that shall be devoted to the land use is shown in Column (B), and the maximum land area that shall be devoted to the land use is shown in Column (C). Minimum land area is stated as the percentage of gross land area. The density for the particular use shall be at least the amount set forth in Column (B) for residential uses, and shall not exceed the amount shown in Column (C). The density may exceed the amount prescribed in Column (C), up to the amount prescribed in Column (D), if development rights are transferred. The FAR for the particular use shall be at least the amount set forth in Column (E) and shall not exceed the amount shown in Column (F). The FAR may exceed the amount prescribed in Column (F), up to the amount prescribed in Column (G), if development rights are transferred pursuant to Divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this chapter. Density or FAR may exceed the maximum density prescribed in this table if development rights are purchased in accordance with Divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6.

 

(Ord. 3020, passed 9-10-2013, § 2.7.4)