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Code Create Vienna: Review and Discussion of Article 4B - Development Standards - Multi-Unit Attached Residential Uses
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BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
The Town of Vienna is in the multi-year process of updating the Town's codes and regulations with respect to subdivision and zoning, which are currently in Chapters 17 and 18 of the code. To assist in this process, the Town has retained a consultant team led by ZoneCo (formerly Calfee Zoning).
The project goal is to produce a set of updated, modern, and easy-to-use and administer zoning districts, particularly calibrated to the community's desired development patterns and character. It will also include a modern list of uses and will enhance the quality of development and life for Vienna's residents and businesses. The Town's last comprehensive update to the zoning code occurred over fifty years ago, in 1969, though a significant portion of the regulations date back to the 1956 zoning ordinance.
Staff from the Department of Planning and Zoning is managing this project, under the leadership from Town Council and the Planning Commission and with strong input from and collaboration with community stakeholders. The Town Council has communicated its goal of completing this update project during calendar year 2023.
More information can be found at www.codecreatevienna.com.
OVERVIEW:
Staff proposes that the March 27, 2023 conference session on Code Create focus on discussing the latest draft of Article 5 - Development Standards - Commercial, Industrial and Mixed-Use.
Based on feedback received on Article 5 as well as other articles, staff is proposing to divide the content of the previous Article 5 draft into two sections, and move one of the previous sections to Article 4. In previous drafts, Article 4 regulated development standards solely for single-unit detached residential development. Article 5 regulated all other uses. In keeping with the project goals to clarify and simplify the code, the latest dra...
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