PRESENTER: Presenter
Jeff Jewell, Economic and Community Development Director
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SUBJECT: Title
Discussion and update on the Land Development Ordinance (LDO) project
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DEPARTMENT: Economic and Community Development
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 1, 5
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Land Development Ordinance (LDO) process continues with the revision of development standards in New Braunfels. Land development ordinances are a set of regulations, standards, and tools that describe what can be built where in New Braunfels. This includes zoning, but also other ordinances affecting land development in the City, such as subdivision platting, historic preservation standards, and sign requirements. This update project will review and update the content of these ordinances and combine them into one central document, with an internally consistent and logical organizational structure. Items to be reviewed as part of this process that are relevant to Downtown include the renaming and creating of distinct historic or other districts, downtown parking requirements, historic preservation standards, and others.
This update is to highlight the work done so far in relation to Downtown and to collect Downtown Board feedback. Specifically, the following development standard sections <https://www.newbraunfels.gov/DocumentCenter/View/32514/Development-Standards> are germane to the Downtown Board’s efforts:
4.4 Buffering and Residential Adjacency
4.5 Offsite parking
4.6 Site and Building Design
4.6.6 Additional Standards for Mixed-use developments
4.6.7 Additional Standards for Non-Residential Development
Additional guidance around historic preservation within the existing historic districts downtown are included as an attachment to this agenda item.
ISSUE:
The Land Development Ordinance is undergoing a re-write and proposed changes to development codes will affect Downtown New Braunfels. The last time the zoning ordinance was comprehensively updated was in 1987, the platting and historic preservation ordinances were written in the 1990s, and the sign ordinance was written in 2006. More information on the process, project scope, anticipated timeline, and requests for feedback can be found here: <https://www.newbraunfels.gov/3449/Land-Development-Ordinance>