My neighborhood is zoned R8, there is a large parcel of about 13 acres that has been of interest to developers in the middle of our neighborhood- most recently to build apartments. I am curious how these pending text amendments and floating zones or "bubbles" could apply to this type and location of undeveloped parcels if it was bought and presented for rezoning under the proposed changes to "form based" vs. the current euclidean zoning? Would the developer have to prove a mistake in the current zoning as they do now? It sounded as if developers would have greater potential to vastly change the character of a neighborhood. It was said that affects to already developed residential zones would be virtually zero or non-existent, but using my neighborhood as an example seems to show it is definitely possible. I admit that I do not fully understand the text changes, the terms and/or all the possibilities as of yet. I look forward to further workshop discussion on these proposed text amendments.
My neighborhood is zoned R8, there is a large parcel of about 13 acres that has been of interest to developers in the middle of our neighborhood- most recently to build apartments. I am curious how these pending text amendments and floating zones or "bubbles" could apply to this type and location of undeveloped parcels if it was bought and presented for rezoning under the proposed changes to "form based" vs. the current euclidean zoning? Would the developer have to prove a mistake in the current zoning as they do now? It sounded as if developers would have greater potential to vastly change the character of a neighborhood. It was said that affects to already developed residential zones would be virtually zero or non-existent, but using my neighborhood as an example seems to show it is definitely possible. I admit that I do not fully understand the text changes, the terms and/or all the possibilities as of yet. I look forward to further workshop discussion on these proposed text amendments.