Single Family Home Redevelopment May 14, 2019 CPHD – Zoning DES - Stormwater
Zoning • “The process of classifying land within a locality into areas and districts, such areas and districts being generally referred to as ‘zones,’ by legislative action and the prescribing and application in each area and district of regulations concerning building and structure designs, building and structure placement and uses to which land, buildings and structures within such designated areas and districts may be put. ” • ~Code of Virginia § 15.2 - 2201 2
Zoning Office Services Zoning Administration Plan Review Board of Zoning Appeals Zoning Enforcement 3
By-right Development • By-right Development... is the right of a property owner to build on their property as long as such new use is consistent with the General Land Use Plan (GLUP), the property’s zoning, and specific Zoning Ordinance regulations. • By-right development also extends to the construction of new buildings to the extent that the zoning for such property does not require a major discretionary approval such as a conditional use permit or variance. 4
Zoning Ordinance §3.1.6. Height A. Building height Building height is the vertical distance measured from existing grade to the highest point of the roof surface. It is the average distance between the roof peak and the roof eave for a gable roof. 5
Zoning Ordinance - Height • §3.1.6.A Building Height • 1. Measurement in R districts, except RA districts • The average existing grade is calculated by averaging the existing grade at four points at the perimeter of the building, that include two points each on the front and rear of the building, at the points closest to the applicable side lot lines. • The vertical distance is the difference between the average existing grade and a single building height determined as described in §3.1.5.A above 6
Zoning Ordinance - Coverage 7
Zoning Ordinance - Setbacks 8
Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) The Arlington County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) has powers, duties and procedures as set forth in broad terms in the Code of Virginia and in the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance, including: Hearing and deciding upon applications for Use Permits for • modifications to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance regulating the placement of buildings and structures on single-family residential lots Hearing and deciding upon applications for Variances for relief from the • requirements of the Zoning Ordinance regulating placement, bulk, height, and coverage of buildings and structures Hearing and deciding on applications to allow construction on lots • which do not conform to the minimum required dimensional standards of the Zoning Ordinance Hearing and deciding appeals of administrative decisions of the Zoning • Administrator made pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance 9
Filing a Complaint -- Enforcement ▪ Contact the Zoning Office: ▪ 703-228-3883 (Zoning Enforcement) OR 703-228-3232 (Code Enforcement) ▪ zoningenforcement@arlingtonva.us codeenforcement@arlingtonva.us ▪ Provide the location of the problem ▪ Add concise & pertinent details when calling in ▪ What ▪ When ▪ Whom ▪ Focus on all issues that lead you to believe zoning violations exist. ▪ Inform Staff if issue is not visible from the street ▪ Obtain Case Investigation Number 10
Stormwater Regulations • Redevelopment projects disturbing 2,500 square feet or more are regulated by the new Stormwater Ordinance (2014). • This covers all new single-family home infill projects, as well as large additions. • County outreach and incentive programs target smaller projects disturbing less than 2,500 square feet. • The new stormwater standards are the most stringent allowed by the State, but will not eliminate all runoff impacts from larger new homes. 11
Stormwater Ordinance • County is only able to regulate the pollution from a redevelopment project, not the total volume of runoff itself • New ordinance provides more authority to limit impacts from sheet flow to neighbors that will cause or contribute to erosion, sedimentation, or flooding. • Requires at least a 10 percent net reduction in pollutant loads relative to existing conditions using stormwater management techniques. • With an average impervious cover increase of 50% for a single-family home redevelopment project, it is difficult to offset the added runoff impacts from new homes with the ordinance alone. 12
Stormwater controls – examples 13
Preserving and Replacing Trees • County has limited authority to require tree preservation on private property. • There are tree canopy coverage requirements for development projects. • County does provide more credit for keeping an existing tree (vs. planting a new tree) for development projects 14
Outreach Programs • StormwaterWise Landscapes – Incentive program for residents to install stormwater management • Green Home Choice – Technical assistance program for new homes, additions, and renovations to be more environmentally friendly https://environment.arlingtonva.us/ 15
Tree Programs • Tree Distribution Program – free trees for residents each fall. • Tree Canopy Fund – applications accepted in January each year. Larger trees available to plant on private property. • https://environment.arlingtonva.us/trees/plant- trees/tree-planting-programs/ 16
Trees • Betula nigra — River Birch • Carpinus carolinia — American Hornbeam • Magnolia virginiana — Sweetbay Magnolia • Nyssa sylvatica — Black Gum • Quercus bicolor — Swamp White Oak • Acer rubrum — Red Maple • Amelanchier laevis — Allegheny Serviceberry 17
Shrubs • Aronia abutifolia — Red Chokeberry • Aronia melanocarpa — Black Chokeberry • Calycanthus floridus — Sweetshrub • Cornus amomum — Silky Dogwood • Ilex verticillata — Winterberry • Itea virginica — Virginia Sweetspire • Sambucus canadensis — Elderberry • Vaccinium corymbosum — Highbush Blueberry 18
Summary • Trend to build Larger Houses • Building Permits for residential dwellings are approved By-Right • Wall Check Plats showing Finished Floor elevation Required • Final Plats Required • Height Certification Plats Now Requested if proposed height is 34’ or higher. 19
Questions? • Zoning – Kim Kalaha, Plan Review – Stephen Risse, BZA Coordinator – Kindra Taylor, Enforcement • Stormwater – Aileen Winquist, Watershed Outreach Program Manager 20
Census 2020 TIMELINE EVERYONE COUNTS ESTABLISH CCC March 2019 The census counts every person living in the KICKOFF CCC April 1, 2019 U.S. once, only once, and in the right place. PARTNERSHIP RECRUIT June 2019 FAIR REPRESENTATION Every 10 years, the results of the census are January 2020 TAKE THE PLEDGE used to apportion the House of Representative, determining how many seats each state gets. March 2020 GET COUNTED $675 BILLION April 1, 2020 CENSUS DAY Census data determine how more than $675 billion are spent, supporting our state, county and July 2020 CENSUS FOLLOW-UP community’s vital programs. ENDS For more information: www.arlingtonva.us/Census2020
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