CODE AMENDMENT | Q&A | March 21, 2017

Summary

To address out -of-scale development and related construction impacts in single -family neighborhoods, the City Council adopted amendments to the Zoning Code. The new citywide regulations governing both the scale and mass of single- family homes went into effect on March 17, 2017. They appl y to new or enlarged homes in all single -family residential zones.

To reflect the character -defining features of our individual neighborhoods, a new subset of zones within the R1 Zone was also created – the R1 Variation Zones . Conceived out of a desire to move away from a one -size -fits all approach to residential zoning, the R1 Variation Zones offer neighborhoods more tailored development standards.

While only a handful of communities will immediately benefit from the creation of the R1 Variation Zones, neighborhoods across the City eventually will have the ability to opt into one of the newly -created zones as c ommunity plans are updated. In adopting these new regulations , the City provides additional protections for the cohesion and char acter of its single -family neighborhoods.