1	Specific Plan for the University Area Neighborhoods
2	University Neighborhoods Plan The Process Kickoff Workshop Analysis and Evaluation of Opportunities Specific Plan for the University Neighborhoods Zoning Ordinance and Map Plan Review and Adoption
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7	University Neighborhoods Plan Assets Off-campus freedom Community feel Home cooking Party houses The University Strip Close to Downtown Close to the University Mix of neighborhoods Shopping opportunities Sidewalks Open fields Churches Old homes Trees Post Office Historic Districts Town and Gown
8	University Neighborhoods Plan Liabilities Security / lighting Housing conditions Waste management Parking on the street Crack Alley perception Landlord-tenant relations Traffic circle design/location Neighbor communication Landlord deposit abuse Three-unrelated limits Noise Parking Party houses Access to Strip No transit service North-south accessibility No place for bicycles Property maintenance Uninformed tenants Secretive tenants
9	University Neighborhoods Plan Overall Opportunities Attitudes and relations Organization and information Student activities and recreation Regulations and enforcement Environmental quality Routine maintenance Redevelopment Accessibility Wayfinding Security Image
10	University Neighborhoods Plan Physical Opportunities Major image corridors Gateways and decision points Bicycle and pedestrian corridors Neighborhood redevelopment Neighborhoods and centers Commercial reinvestment Neighborhood parking On-campus housing On-campus parking Roadway changes
11	University Neighborhoods Plan Neighborhood Goals Provide safe, accessible, attractive neighborhoods Provide convenient accessibility for motor vehicles (including places to park), bicycles and pedestrians Provide accessible, safe, attractive commerce Encourage appropriate redevelopment Separate incompatible uses Support Historic District integrity Concentrate similar uses and densities Transition between uses and densities logically
12	University Neighborhoods Plan Strategic Concept—Housing Concentrate moderate-high density multi-family housing in areas of high accessibility to campus Use a transition area for low-density and moderate-density attached and detached housing Protect the character of the Historic Districts Add a focus area, of an appropriate type, to each recognized neighborhood—a vest-pocket park, an open space, a common parking area or some combination
13	University Neighborhoods Plan Strategic Concept—Access and Wayfinding Take advantage of proximity between places to work, learn, shop and live Create a system of primary bicycle and pedestrian corridors to interconnect the campus and the University Area Neighborhoods Use major trees and other landscape improvements to mark key internal decision intersections Use significant buildings, major trees and landscape improvements to mark gateways to major image corridors
14	University Neighborhoods Plan Strategic Concept—Commerce Encourage appropriate commercial infill of the University Strip Promote infilling of compatible, small-scale commercial uses along Bryant Drive and the eastern portion of University Boulevard
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16	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Land Use Concentrate similar uses Transition between uses logically Support current neighborhood needs Provide framework for neighborhood vision Encourage appropriate redevelopment Support Historic District integrity
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18	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Wayfinding / Accessibility Improvements Gateways Image Corridors Internal decision-points Additional traffic controls Bicycle / Pedestrian Corridors McCorvey/Hackberry realignment Parkway - Campus Drive connector [Option: Sherwood Drive cul-du-sac and one-way pair]
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20	University Neighborhoods Plan Overall Implementation System Advice, Education and Persuasion Operations and Maintenance Capital Improvements Incentives Regulation
21	University Neighborhoods Plan Advice, Education and Persuasion Good Neighbor Policy Meet and greet programs Off-Campus Association Landlord recognition and referral system Rental unit disclosure system Neighborhood watch Block parties Visible police presence Public safety education Game Day information system
22	University Neighborhoods Plan Capital Improvements Vest-pocket parks Mini-parking lots Pedestrian/bicycle corridors Curb/gutter/sidewalk upgrades Tree planting program Handicap access upgrades Drainage system upgrades Wayfinding system Shared driveways/parking Pedestrian lighting Decision point upgrades Gateway upgrades CBD/Strip streetscape Traffic control upgrades University transit system and park-and-ride Student life facilities Bicycle support facilities
23	University Neighborhoods Plan Operations and Maintenance Solid waste management Right-of-way maintenance Street tree maintenance and replacement Clear sidewalk program Visible police presence Systematic code enforcement Infrastructure maintenance Parking lot upkeep Game Day operations
24	University Neighborhoods Plan Incentives Landlord recognition and rental housing registry Faculty/staff housing support program Mini-parking lots at the block level Street lighting—pedestrian scale Right-of-way maintenance Vest pocket parks Student life facilities and activities Shared parking facilities, e.g., churches
25	University Neighborhoods Plan Regulation Zoning Ordinance and Map revisions Sign Ordinance revisions Anti-Neglect Ordinance Historic District Standards Sidewalk Maintenance Ordinance Nuisance Party Ordinance Noise Ordinance system Housing Code Rental Housing License and Inspection Program Parking Management and Permit System
26	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Zoning Ordinance Revisions—1 R-3H district: modify R-3 to apply to all Historic Districts of the University Area Neighborhoods other than Pinehurst Drive R-4U district: modify R-4 for the University Area Neighborhoods to permit low-density and moderate-density attached (but not multi-family) dwellings Create a new BNU district for the University Strip
27	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Zoning Ordinance Revisions—2 Define net acreage as the total gross acreage less existing and proposed rights-of-way and open space having less than 3:1 slope to be dedicated to public use Define dwelling to include and describe all the various types and forms of single-family detached and attached and multi-family housing Define family as: One or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship plus two unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit, or not more than five unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit in the RMF-2, R-4U and BNU zoning districts upon redevelopment in accord with the Specific Plan
28	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Zoning Ordinance Revisions—2 Modify the parking requirements in the R-4U and RMF-2 districts to require one parking space per bedroom with a minimum of two spaces per dwelling unit Prohibit parking within front yard setbacks and required usable open space in R-3H, R-4U and RMF-2 districts Decrease the maximum height for Apartment Dwellings for RMF-2 Districts to a maximum of three stories or 40 feet Permit apartments, but only upstairs above a permitted commercial use, as a use allowed by special exception in the BNU District Delete “group home for mentally retarded or mentally ill” as a permitted use in the RMF-2 and R-4U Districts
29	University Neighborhoods Plan Proposed Zoning Map Revisions RMF-2: reduce to the area planned for multi-family housing based upon accessibility to the university campus R-4U: expand as the transitional single-family attached housing district in the area R-3H: apply this coterminous with all existing and planned local Historic Districts of the area other than Pinehurst Drive R-1: apply only to the low-density, single-family areas in the northwest and southeast portions of the area BNU: apply to all the University Strip between Queen City Drive and Wallace Wade Drives except at Audubon Place intersection
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34	University Neighborhoods Plan The Process Kickoff Workshop—4/22 Analysis and Evaluation of Opportunities—5/27 Specific Plan for the University Neighborhood—6/22 Zoning Ordinance and Map—7/15 Draft plan document to city—7/23 Presentation to Planning Commission—8/17 proposed
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