Staff DAC Agenda 6-27-18

MEMORANDUM Department of Planning & Inspections P.O. Box 475 Dover, Delaware 19903 Phone: 302.736.7196 Fax: 302.736.4217 DATE: June 25, 2018 TO: Development Advisory Committee FROM: Planning Office SUBJECT: D.A.C. Meeting of WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 *** Please Note Meeting Room Location *** The Development Advisory Committee (D.A.C.) will hold a staff meeting on WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the CAUCUS Room of City Hall to review and comment on the following applications that will be considered by the Planning Commission at its meeting of Monday, July 16, 2018. Participation in the D.A.C. meetings is limited to agency reviewers and project applicants. While the public is welcome to attend, public comment will not be accepted. The opportunity for public comment will be available at the Planning Commission meeting. 1) MI-18-05 Text Amendments: Addition of IPM3 Zone (Zoning Ordinance, Article 3 §20 & 24, Article 4 §4.16, Article 5 §8, and Article 12) - Review of Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, principally Article 3 §20 - Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone. The proposed ordinance adds a new subsection 20B for the IPM3 Zone (Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone- Industrial Aviation and Aeronautics Center). The new zone is an industrial zone focused on permitting businesses in aviation and aeronautics-related industries. Changes are also made to the City’s Bulk Standards and Performance Standards to ensure the new uses will be covered under those standards. 2) MI-18-06 Text Amendments: Replacement of Maximum Parking Requirement (Zoning Ordinance, Article 4 §4.15 & §4.16, and Article 6 §3) – Review of Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance in Article 4 and Article 6 to remove the existing maximum parking standard and replace it with new impervious cover (lot coverage) limitations where excessive parking lot size is of particular concern in commercial and industrial zones. The existing standard sets maximum parking for any use at 125% of the minimum required. Under these Text Amendments, this standard would be replaced with lot coverage limitations for the C-3, C-4, RC, IPM, IPM2, and M Zones, all of which currently lack any such limitations. 3) MI-18-07 Text Amendments: Vehicle Sigs (Zoning Ordinance, Article 5 §4) – Review of Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Article 5 §4 intended to clarify what qualifies as a vehicle being used for the sole purpose of signage. Under the current Ordinance, vehicles are not permitted to be used for the sole purpose of signage. The Text Amendments would provide a list of criteria the City Planner can use to make a determination that this provision has been violated. It also specifies that vehicles in violation are to be moved to an area of the property where they are not visible or less visible.

Staff DAC Agenda for June 27, 2018 Page 2 of 2 The three sets of Text Amendments are grouped into Proposed Ordinance #2018-06, available on the City’s website www.cityofdover.com under the Government Heading: Ordinances, Resolutions & Tributes. https://www.cityofdover.com/ordinances-and-resolutions The Applicant Development Advisory Committee is scheduled for TUESDAY, July 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the City Hall Conference Room of City Hall, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover. Please note the earlier meeting day due to the July 4th Holiday on Wednesday. CC: Planning Staff Electric Department Jim Galvin Milton Melendez Inspections Staff Tax Assessor Kent County Mapping Anita Evans Fire Marshal Police Chief Michael Tholstrup Office of State Planning City Manager Patricia Marney Jim Sullivan State Historic Preservation Office Mayor Mark Nowak Eileen Butler Capital School District City Clerk Dover Fire Chief Cathy Smith Caesar Rodney School District City Council Jared Adkins Shane Breakie Fred Tolbert City Comptroller Elaine Webb Jennifer Vandervort Dean Holden Sharon Duca Todd Sammons Sarah Keifer Jason Lyon Stephen Wright Matt Jordan