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Crestview planning board backs Main Street design standards, recommends ordinance 2,000 to City Council
Summary
The Crestview Planning Board voted to recommend City Council adopt Ordinance 2,000, which would amend the land development code to require a maximum 3-foot front setback on Main Street and set rules for deliveries, loading areas and dumpster screening to preserve a cohesive downtown aesthetic.
At a meeting of the Crestview Planning Board, members voted to recommend the City Council adopt Ordinance 2,000, an amendment to the City of Crestview Land Development Code that would establish tighter aesthetic and site-design standards for Main Street development.
The changes target redevelopment north and south of the railroad tracks after the recent Main Street streetscape project. Planning staff said the ordinance would set a maximum front setback of three feet, prohibit primary building entrances oriented to Highway 85 or side streets when that would place the face of the business away from Main Street, and require deliveries and visible loading areas to use alleyways or be screened from Main Street. "We completed the Main Street streetscape project... one thing that we've been considering is becoming a little bit more stringent on like aesthetic standards," planning staff member Nick said during the discussion.
The ordinance text, as read into the record, amends Section 6.04 0.01 of the City of Crestview Land Development Code and includes standard ordinance clauses for authority, severability and repeal of conflicting provisions. Planning staff summarized key provisions: a front setback maximum of 3 feet to keep new development consistent with existing buildings; requirements to direct deliveries to alleyways whenever possible; restrictions on locating loading spaces or dumpsters in front of buildings without screening; and limitations on allowing primary entrances that face Highway 85 rather than Main Street.
Board members moved and seconded a recommendation to adopt Ordinance 2,000; the board approved the motion by voice vote. The clerk read the ordinance title into the record as "Ordinance 2,000, an ordinance amending section 6.04 0.01 of the City of Crestview land development code..." Planning staff asked the board for a motion to recommend approval to the City Council, and a board member moved to approve the ordinance; another member seconded. "All in favor? Aye," the chair called; the ayes prevailed.
Why it matters: Planning staff said the change is intended to protect the recent public investment in Main Street and to encourage new development to present active frontages, sidewalks and pedestrian spaces similar to existing businesses such as Hideaway Pizza and Nightberry Title Company. The ordinance would apply design controls to new and substantially redeveloped properties so the corridor develops cohesively over time.
Next steps: The Planning Board recommended adoption; the ordinance will proceed to the City Council for consideration.
