(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
Alternative compliance is a method for the Director, P&Z, or City Council to approve predetermined alternative compliance standards listed throughout this Zoning Ordinance. These predetermined alternative compliance standards may not be suitable for all scenarios of land development. The purpose of the alternative compliance standards is to allow for different standards that are in agreement with the City's Comprehensive Plan and will produce an equal level of results as intended by the original development standards.
Alternative compliance standards are only applicable to properties zoned nonresidential and designated as mixed use within the Comprehensive Plan or properties zoned nonresidential within the PRO – Preston Road Overlay District or TO – Tollway Overlay District. The following standards are eligible for alternative compliance standards.
(A) 
Front yard setbacks.
May not adversely affect or potentially adversely affect adjacent residential property.
(B) 
Building heights.
May not adversely affect or potentially adversely affect adjacent residential property.
(C) 
Facade requirements.
Alternative building materials and designs of similar quality shall be used.
(D) 
Land uses.
Apply only to vertical mixed use, where appropriate based on the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
(A) 
Comprehensive Plan.
The alternative compliance standard shall be in agreement with and promote concepts from the Comprehensive Plan.
(B) 
An equal or greater level of intensity.
The alternative compliance standard shall be in compliance with the standards outlined in the Form-Based Code Manual.
(C) 
Building orientation/pedestrian environment.
The alternative compliance standard promotes the concept of orienting buildings close to the street and/or sidewalk to enhance the pedestrian environment.
(D) 
Redevelopment.
Redevelopment considerations with attention toward out parcels, parking areas, vehicular circulation, building layout, and connectivity to surrounding streets and trails/sidewalks.
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)
Approval of an alternative compliance standards application subject to the approval chart below. For appeals, see Subsection 6.19 Appeals and the Appeal Process.
Standard
Director Approval
P&Z Approval
City Council Approval
Front Yard Setbacks
X
Building Heights
X
Facade Requirements
X
Land Uses
X
(Ordinance 2021-07-47 adopted 7/6/21)