Council reviews draft UDC changes on open-space timing and hamlet sizing
Staff and the consultant walked the council through five recommended UDC amendments, including timing and percentage of required preserved open space (discussion of 50% vs. 80% concurrent thresholds and a proposed 9% upfront preservation), minimum hamlet acreage, and standards for bisected hamlets and parking buffers.
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A staff/consultant presentation summarized recommended text changes to the Unified Development Code (UDC) covering open‑space timing, minimum hamlet viability, lot layout, and parking buffers. Shannon outlined five focus areas and explained tradeoffs between preserving open space earlier in a build‑out versus later: the draft code text currently reads as a requirement concurrent with 80% of units, but the council had previously discussed a 50% concurrent threshold. Shannon said the upfront preservation figure in the draft (9% of property) was chosen because it is frequently achievable by protecting common buffers along a parcel's frontage.
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