On the week of June 21, 2010, you’ll have a chance to participate in several workshops regarding Raleigh’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) on the topic of transitions. The was a big issue during the 2030 Comprehensive Plan update, Raleigh code currently does a poor job of defining how to transition from intense / dense types of development to areas like residential neighborhoods where single families home dominate the landscape.
Consider this: if we start to attract some of the neighborhood mixed use development to the edges of the Lineberry neighbrohoods and they would be 3-5 stories in height, what are the rules, regulations, and code that would dictate how those developments transition to structures like single family dwellings? The answer is two-fold: 1) I don’t know the answer and 2) you can help define the answer by attending one of the workshops announced below and help make future transitions more predictable.
If you’re not familiar with the UDO, see some of our past blogs on the topic:
- Have you ever made a law?
- UDO – Community, Not Subdivisions
- Can Form-Based Zoning Save Raleigh’s Growth?
The Department of City Planning, Winter and Company, and Code Studio present:
Transition Workshop & Focus Group Sessions
June 22, 4:00-5:30pm
- Focus Group A — Neighborhood Associations and CAC’s
- Greystone Community Center, 7713-55 Lead Mine Road
- More details [PDF]
June 22, 6:30-8:30pm
- Community Transition Workshop
- Greystone Community Center, 7713-55 Lead Mine Road
- More details [PDF]
June 23, 9:00-10:30am
- Focus Group B — Business community
- Raleigh Urban Design Center, 133 Fayetteville Street
- More details [PDF]
June 23, 11:30am-1:00pm
- Focus Group C — UDO Advisory Group
- KL Gates office
- 4350 Lassiter at North Hills Ave, Ste. 300
- More details [PDF]
Additional resources
http://lineberry.org/blogs/2010/02/04/can-form-based-zoning-save-raleighs-growth/
Tags: 2030, design, district D, growth, neighborhoods, newraleighcode, new_code, planning, raleigh, workshop, zoning