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Commission recommends City Council adopt TMD code changes, including reduced residential setback for primary projects and standards for fabric structures
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward City Code Amendment CO 1154 (Technology Manufacturing District) to City Council; the amendment reduces some residential setback requirements for certain 'primary' projects and creates development standards for 'advanced fabric structures,' including a proposed 100-acre minimum site size.
The Planning Commission on April 7 voted to recommend City Council approve City Code Amendment CO 1154, which modifies the Technology Manufacturing District (TMD) regulations to make certain flagship and primary projects workable on smaller parcels and to regulate advanced fabric structures.
Staff explained the amendment has two main goals: adjust residential setback requirements for primary projects so the code does not require excessive setbacks (for example, a 300-foot setback that is impractical on small parcels), and add development standards for advanced fabric structures used for rapid industrial or data-center construction.
On the setback issue staff said primary projects can be very small and the existing code’s height-triggered setback (which increases with building height) would be infeasible in some parcels: "Primary projects are very, typically very small plots... being able to achieve a 300 foot setback along a residential property line is really not feasible," staff said. Staff noted the Bermuda subdivision is the only area now affected and estimated fewer than 30 lots, some up to 2–3 acres in size.
Regarding advanced fabric structures, staff described these as tent-like but engineered facilities already appearing in parts of the city (including the TMD area) and proposed minimum standards to avoid one-off deployments. "We do have a minimum acreage requirement of a 100 acres in order to build one of these," staff said, and added language on durability, permanence and added setbacks so such structures would be limited to larger, appropriate sites.
A commissioner asked whether property owners in Bermuda would be notified about code changes; staff replied they would not be individually notified by the code change process. After clarifying questions the commission voted 3-0 to favorably recommend CO 1154 to City Council.
What’s next: The Planning Commission’s favorable recommendation will be transmitted to City Council for final consideration.
