7-8-20 Interlocal Committee Meeting

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allows for higher density development, there also needs to be plans in place to implement higher quality. Mr. Downey stated that there may be a need to create a new place type called Rural Suburban Fringe that maybe the County wants to give a higher density with some possible design standards for development. Downey added that there may be a need to change the suburban place type from 4-7 units per acre to 3-7 units per acre and to create something that establishes what the building standards are. Downey also said there is a need to look at updating the plan based on what is happening with Galvins Ridge and Bharat Forge since one is showing as industrial which is now residential and the other is showing as residential which is now industrial. There may be a new growth area along the 421 corridor, however the US 1 corridor is the primary focus first. There is a need to update the regulations and policies to provide a way to meet the goals of the land use plan. The work has been started and the Planning Department has been working with a consultant to update the Unified Development Ordinance. The primary focus is higher density residential development. Staff has been working with the consultant on the first round of these updates. Mr. Downey provided some key points including replacing R20 with rural suburban, replacing R12 and R14 with the 3 units per acre. Staff recommends updating the traditional neighborhood overlay district to supplant traditional zoning. These recommendations include providing a list of higher standards, which would have to go through legislative action to get a TND overlay, but it provides a path for accomplishing the application of the higher standards. When working with a developer, staff has developed a policy guide, and what is currently missing is that a developer can establish a higher density plan but it doesn't automatically equate to higher quality. Downey stated the next step is to take the plans back to the Technical Review Committee and Public Works to involve other departments with respective policies and then take it back to a steering committee that is City driven since these are urban standards then would take to the full Joint Planning Commission to review and then bring to all three jurisdictions (Broadway, City of Sanford, Lee County) for public hearing and adoption. Once Phase I with residential standards are in place, Phase II involves multifamily and commercial standards. Phase II has been funded by both the City and County this year. Updates with 160D are now required by law. The General Assembly adopted the 160D implementation to update planning and zoning language to replace 160A and 153A. By doing this, it makes a lot of the current ordinances obsolete, so by July 2021 the zoning standards and ordinances need to be updated to reflect the current standards. Consultants will be assisting planning and legal staff to implement the updates. IV. Code Enforcement Town of Broadway Mayor Donald Andrews stated that he has been seeing some issues and has been talking to the City because Broadway does not have anyone in-house to address code enforcement issues. Hal Hegwer, City Manager, said from the City's perspective they have all they can handle and while they don't mind helping out when they can, it would be difficult to commit to help on a regular basis. Mr. Hegwer suggested the use of private entities for code enforcement. It is challenging when the problems get more legally complex. County Manager John Crumpton stated that this would be the fourth time the County has been presented with the issue. The County does not have a nuisance ordinance. There are no regulations in place that controls the height of the grass or number of vehicles. The belief is that some people move out of the City to get away from some of the stricter restrictions. The 3