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From YouTube: Urban Centers Rezoning – Phase 1
Description
Vaidila Satvika, Urban Planner II/GIS Specialist with the Planning and Urban Development Department for the City of Asheville, provides information on Phase 1 of Urban Centers Rezoning.
For more information, please visit: www.ashevillenc.gov/urbancenters
A
My
name
is
videlicet
Lika
I'm,
with
the
Department
of
Planning
and
urban
design.
This
is
a
presentation
of
the
urban
centers
rezoning
project
that
the
city
is
beginning.
This
slide
shows
some
of
the
goals
that
were
developed
from
living
Asheville,
the
city's
Comprehensive
Plan.
There
was
a
two-year
project
to
highlight
the
long
term
goals,
as
the
city
residents
see
it.
This
slide
gives
an
overview
of
the
goals
that
we
are
seeking
to
achieve
from
the
city's
comprehensive
plan.
A
Living
Asheville
for
urban
centers
were
seeking
to
create
higher
density
development
with
a
range
of
housing
types
that
include
affordable,
housing,
mixed-use
housing,
so
that
people
can
shop,
eat
and
live
in
the
same
location
and
a
connectivity
of
streets,
so
that
locations
are
more
walkable
and
so
that
there
is
a
higher
quality
of
life.
Other
goals
include:
enhancing
the
business
activity,
supporting
transit
and
creating
better
public
spaces
in
green
spaces
throughout
the
corridor.
This
image
shows
the
preferred
growth
scenario
map
from
the
city's
comprehensive
plan.
A
What
it
shows
are
the
key
locations
that
we
think
most
growth
will
happen
over
the
next
20
years.
Primarily,
you
can
see
that
the
central
business
district
is
highlighted.
There
are
the
central
business
district,
innovation,
districts
and
nodes
along
commercial
corridors.
The
four
nodes
that
I've
highlighted
are
those
located
along
high
frequency
transit
corridors.
This
is
a
close-up
of
the
high
frequency
transit
corridors
and
the
four
nodes
that
we
are
proposing
for
urban
center
rezoning.
A
They
are
the
intersections
of
Patton
Avenue
near
North,
Louisiana
Avenue
Merriman
Avenue
at
Beaver
Dam
Road,
Tunnel
Road,
near
chums,
Cove
Road
and
Swannanoa
River
Road
at
bleeped
REE
Boulevard
along
these
transit
corridors,
buses
pass
by
approximately
every
30
minutes
in
the
future
that
frequency
will
increase
the
first
four
nodes
to
be
rezone,
daraa
long,
high-frequency
transit
corridors.
We're
taking
these
steps
now
to
be
proactive
to
ensure
that
any
future
development
is
aligned
with
the
city's
comprehensive
plan.
A
This
slide
shows
a
summary
of
the
process
that
we're
taking
at
the
top
of
the
slide.
You'll
see
the
current
zoning
districts
that
we
are
proposing
to
rezone,
with
the
image
on
the
right
showing
conceptually
how
those
land
patterns
are
today.
Primarily,
they
are
single-story
buildings
with
a
sea
of
parking
surrounding
them
in
the
middle
of
the
slide,
you'll
see
phase
1.
This
is
the
process
that
we're
taking.
A
Now
we
will
rezone
these
parcels
to
a
zoning
district
that
we
currently
have
on
the
books
called
urban
place,
and
it
will
lead
to
buildings
like
the
one
to
the
right,
372
Depot
Street,
that
is
a
mixed-use
building,
with
retail,
on
the
ground
floor
and
residences
above
with
parking
located
on
the
street
or
behind
the
property
phase.
Two
would
happen
at
a
subsequent
point,
eight
to
twelve
months
after
this
phase
1
project,
and
we
would
use
phase
2
to
make
a
more
refined
owning
district.
A
That
better
represents
all
the
needs
of
residents,
property
owners
and
the
particular
parcels
that
we're
rezoning.
So
how
is
urban
place
different
from
the
existing
zoning
districts
that
we
are
rezoning?
This
chart
summarizes
the
key
differences.
The
first
part
highlights
uses
that
are
permitted
or
prohibited
in
each
zoning
district.
For
example,
the
top
line
says
single-family
residential
in
urban
place.
Only
25%
of
any
project
can
include
single-family
residential,
whereas
in
highway
business
and
regional
business
they're
permitted
and
in
River
they
are
not
permitted.
A
You
can
see
that
urban
place
is
somewhat
more
restrictive
in
which
types
of
uses
can
be
permitted,
but
urban
place
allows
for
retail
food
restaurants
and
most
residential.
The
standards
are
more
different.
Urban
place
allows
for
twice
the
residential
density
than
do
the
other
zoning
districts.
So
from
that
perspective,
this
is
an
up
zoning
providing
greater
development.
However,
urban
place
sets
a
maximum
size
of
the
building
footprint,
whereas
the
other
districts
do
not
so
the
largest
building
can
only
be
35,000
square
feet
if
it's
under
three
storeys.
A
Having
said
that,
there
can
be
multiple
buildings
within
one
parcel.
The
zoning
districts
allow
for
similar
Heights
the
front
setback
for
urban
place
is
much
less
than
the
other
districts,
but
the
idea
that
buildings
should
be
set
closer
to
the
sidewalk
where
people
are
walking
so
that
they
can
get
into
the
buildings
easier
and
that
parking
would
be
set
to
the
side
or
to
the
rear,
because
these
nodes
are
located
closer
to
the
center
of
the
city.
A
The
idea
is
that
more
residential
units
would
eventually
be
located
here
and
that
retail
and
business
would
continue
to
flourish,
but
that
industrial
sales
and
auto
oriented
businesses
eventually
would
be
located
further
away
from
the
central
business
district.
This
slide
summarizes
the
parcels
that
would
be
affected
in
total.
We
are
looking
at
about
a
hundred
and
forty-five
acres
of
property.
There
are
four
large
parcels
that
are
over
10
acres
in
size.
A
We
are
interested
in
the
long
term
to
see
these
parcels
potentially
broken
up
into
smaller
units
so
that
there
is
a
greater
connectivity
of
streets
that
support
walkability.
Now,
let's
walk
through
the
sites
on
patent
Avenue,
the
node
includes
about
40
acres
of
property
and
includes
the
Kmart
site
on
merriman
Avenue.
The
node
is
smaller
at
about
23
acres
and
includes
angles.
Steinmart
and
the
businesses
outlined
in
black
here.
A
A
After
that,
it's
likely
that
we
will
go
to
the
City
Council
in
February,
but
that
date
is
to
be
determined.
These
are
some
examples
of
what
we
hope
to
see
in
time
along
the
corridors
on
the
top
left.
You
see
mixed-use
development
along
a
sloping
topography
on
the
top
right,
there's
apartments
above
a
grocery
store
on
the
bottom
right.
We
have
housing
above
other
types
of
retail
and
on
the
bottom
left
a
two-story
grocery
store.
We
are
currently
in
the
middle
of
phase
1.