As a prelude to the public hearing on an upcoming proposed project known which has employed form-based code principles, staff will provide the Council with a quick tutorial on transect zones, why and how they were applied in City with the 2011 Zoning Code rewrite, and how they implement the City's Form-based Code Standards.

COUNCIL GOALS:
7) Address key issues and processes related to the implementation of the Regional Plan.

During the February 2, 2016 public hearing/first reading of the ordinance to adopt amendments to the Flagstaff Zoning Code, it was suggested that staff should prepare a short presentation/tutorial on transect zones and the City's Form-based Code standards. As the Council will be holding a public hearing to consider a request for a zone change for the proposed The Hub project in the Southside neighborhood at the February 16th meeting, it seemed appropriate to do this tutorial prior to the public hearing.

In this tutorial staff will provide an overview of the following topics related to transect zones and the City's Form-based Code standards:

• What are the transect zones and how and when were they applied?
• What is a Form-based Code and why was one adopted for Flagstaff?
• How do the transect zones implement the City's Form-based Code standards?
• What is the City's Regulating Plan and how and why is it applied, especially in the Southside neighborhood?


• What is the relationship between the City's former Traditional Neighborhood District standards and the current Form-based Code standards?
   

A copy of the PowerPoint presentation for this tutorial will be included with the materials for the final agenda for the February 16, 2016 meeting.