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Form-Based ZOning

The city ’s integrated development code includes a mapped mandatory form-based zoning district (§14-16-2-4(E)). This district includes four sub-zones with different permissible land uses, form standards, building frontage types, façade design standards, parking standards, and landscaping standards. 

Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements

The city’s integrated development code includes multiple types of policy-driven off-street parking requirements. It exempts all uses in the Historic Old Town Zone from minimum off-street parking requirements (§14-16-3-5(J)(3)(a)). It exempts specific subareas and older buildings from minimum off-street parking requirements (§14-5-5(B)(2)). And authorizes parking reductions for transit proximity, shared parking facilities, and adjacent on-street parking (§14-5-5(C)(5)).

Solar Energy

The city's integrated development code permits primary "solar energy generation" by right in nearly all zoning districts and accessory solar energy systems in all zoning districts (§14-16-4-2). 

It permits ground-mounted solar energy systems to encroach in required setbacks and rooftop systems to exceed building height limits (§14-16-5(1)(F)).

It requires local streets to be oriented to facilitate solar access (§14-16-5(4)(E)(2)). It also instructs the city's Development Review Board to deny approvals for any subdivisions with deed restrictions or covenants that prohibit solar energy systems (§14-16-1(9)(C)).

The integrated development code also includes a section on solar energy rights intended to encourage the use of solar energy and settle property rights to create certainty around solar rights (§14-16-5(10)). It provides for solar rights permits, describing the application process and criteria for approval, as well as the process for recording solar rights with the county clerk.