City Council Draft of Land Use Code

Please consider adding Falmouth Street to this list, as it contains even more residential buildings than the streets listed here and directly fronts the USM campus and especially given that USM has chosen not to apply for IOZ status even while planning a 10 year major expansion, the integrity of the neighborhood should be carefully considered and protected.

These standards are still excessive and restrict affordable housing. Please reconsider. Portland is a city, and can use less suburban standards.

I like how the setback distance corresponds with the building's height.

Based on recent TDM planning in Portland and best practices, E.1.b should include "residential" developments in the list. Most of our residential developments of this size have been mixed-use, so they still require a TDM under that category. However, I can imagine developments going up that are purely residential and should have TDM plans. Please know I apologize for commenting so late in the ReCode process (10/7/20) - I wasn't paying close enough attention and thought TDM was likely to be part of Phase 2. Many, many thanks for all your collective efforts on this critical rewrite of our land use code!

Overlay Zones: Flexible Housing Overlay Zones were previously allowed in a number of locations on the zoning map. Is the RE-Code considering other higher density opportunities where FH previously existed? This could be accomplished by adding multiplex as a conditional in a zone that previously had Flexible Housing. Or by providing an overlay zone that allows higher density multi-story / modular structures. Or Provides opportunity to construct a multi-unit building constructed to Passivhaus Standards or a Carbon Neutral Building. If we take the FH away as an overlay zone, there needs to be something put back in that allow a density that previously existed, as the FH zone allowed for 4,500 square foot lots. Alternatively a high density overlay similar to how the R-7 overlay allows for higher density in focused areas. This higher density area may be appropriate for larger parcels in addition to the former FH zone and could be an opportunity to provide multi-unit housing in addition to the density bonuses for affordable and workforce housing. On larger parcels, it may be an opportunity to build an efficient taller structure as opposed to single family structures requiring the additional infrastructure that needs to be run to each home. In Section 3.3.1.E.1.3.b - R-3 is listed in the "low density" group of residential zones, but is defined later in Table 5-B as intended to provide for medium-density residential development. Suggest moving R-3 in this section to E1.3.b