Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance Amendment ZA-25-02: Neighborhood Code – Additional Housing Development Options

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4441 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington Planning Commission to hear comments on the following proposed amendments to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO). The public hearing will take place during the Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, with the hearing starting at Time Certain 6:45pm. You may access the hearing/meeting as follows:

The meeting will be held in the Sharon Bushor Conference Room at City Hall (149 Church Street)

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Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. §4444(b):
Statement of purpose:
The purpose of the proposed amendment is as follows:

• ZA-25-02: This amendment augments Neighborhood Code Part 1 (Adopted 3/25/24) by establishing standards for Planned Unit Developments, Rowhouses, and Pocket Neighborhoods in the Residential zoning districts. Additionally, this amendment supports the broader goals of the Neighborhood Code by providing necessary clarification to the relationship between secondary buildings allowed in the residential standards and citywide provisions for Accessory Dwelling Units, streamlines ordinance sections related to Design Review applicability, and addresses standards for residential development bonuses.

Geographic areas affected:This amendment applies to the following areas of the city:

• ZA-25-02: All current residential zoning districts within the city.

List of section headings affected:

The proposed amendments modify the following sections of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance:

• ZA-25-02: amends Sec. 3.3.3(a) Impact Fee Exceptions and Waivers; Sec. 3.4.2(b) Design Review Applicability; moves Map 4.5.1-1 Design Review Overlay District to Sec. 3.4.2(b) as amended and renumbers Map 3.4.2; amends Article 4, Sec. 4.4.5(d) by: modifying Tables 4.4.5-1 Lot Size, Frontage, Setback, and Lot Coverage Standards in Residential Districts and Table 4.4.5-2 Principal & Secondary Structures Massing and Placement Standards in Residential Districts; replaces the previously Reserved Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 1 A. with Pocket Neighborhoods; modifies the formerly reserved Table 4.4.5-3 to establish Pocket Neighborhood Standards; creates and moves Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 1 B. Residential Development Bonuses to a new section, Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 5.; creates Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 2 B. Rowhouses and re-numbers subsequent tables within the subsection; amends the newly-moved Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 5. Residential Development Bonuses by modifying Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 5. A., Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 5. B., Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 5. C., and, deleting Table 4.4.5-5 Residential Conversion Bonus, and renumbering and reformatting subsections and tables; creates Sec. 4.4.5-2 (d) 2. D. Exceptions to Maximum Building Footprint Limit; creates Sec. 4.4.5 (d) 4. D. Additional Unit; deletes Sec. 4.5.1 Design Review Overlay District and reserves section; modifies Sec. 5.2.2 Required Frontage or Access; deletes Sec. 5.2.3 (b) 10 under Exceptions to Lot Coverage.; deletes Sec. 5.4.5 Accessory Dwelling Units; modifies Sec. 6.2.2 (h) Building Location and Orientation and Sec 6.2.2 (l) Parking and Circulation; modifies Sec. 11.1.3 General Requirements & Applicability by deleting table 11.1.3-1 Planned Unit Development Project Size Standards; creates Sec. 11.1.4 Residential District Planned Unit Developments; creating Table 11.1.4-1 Planned Unit Development Project Size Standards; creating Table 11.1.4-2 Planned Unit Development Standards; renumbers Secs. 11.1.5-7; and modifies Article 13 by creating a definition for Pocket Neighborhoods and Rowhouses

The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance is available online at www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPI/CDO. The proposed amendment can be reviewed in hard copy posted on the first floor of City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington or online at https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPI/CDO/Amendments

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