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Montgomery Citizens’ Leadership Academy

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Housing

Schedule for this evening

6:00 Dinner 6:15 Welcome and Introductions 6:20 Community Building Institute, Liz Blume 6:45 City of Montgomery, Tracy Roblero & Melissa Hays 7:15 What struck you? 7:25 Break 7:35 Housing Diversity Exercise 8:00 Future Land Use Exercise 8:55 Wrap up

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Presenters for this evening

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Liz Blume, Community Building Institute Tracy Roblero, Community Development Director Melissa Hays, Zoning and Code Compliance Officer

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5.7% 8.7% 3.2% 2.8% 5.9% 3.6% 70.1%

Cemetery (5.7%) Institutional (8.7%) Multi Family (3.2%) Office (2.8%) Parks/Open Space (5.9%) Retail/Commercial (3.6%) Single Family (70.1%)

ExistingLand Use

Existing Small Lot Single Family Detached Subdivisions

• Vintage Club
• Coventry Court
• Ferris Williams Subdivision
• Orchard Trail

Current Issues Impacting Single Family Residential Uses

• Existing housing stock lacks the features and amenities that today’s

home buyers seek.

• Property appreciation due to factors including teardowns, a

desirable school district, community appearance, location, land costs and other market forces is increasing the cost of existing homes beyond the reach of first time homebuyers.

• Energy costs may affect the size of new houses and the desirability
• f existing housing.
• There are areas around the Heritage District where many of the lots

do not meet the existing zoning regulations for lot width and size which restricts the ability of owners to sell or upgrade these properties.

Current Issues Impacting Single Family Residential Uses

• Existing single family residences on major arteries may not

appreciate as quickly as other residences .

• Existing neighborhoods may be impacted by cut through traffic and

an overall increase in traffic.

• Teardowns will continue to impact single family neighborhoods,

replacing older, modest dwelling units with more expensive houses that can impact the grading and drainage of the area.

• Homebuyers seek pedestrian oriented neighborhoods where they

can walk to shopping and services.

• Significant amount of turnover of large lot properties as older

residents seek to downsize and reduce property maintenance.

Policies for the Future

• The City will continue to support and protect the high

quality, low density, single family residential character of the City’s established neighborhoods.

• The City will allow market forces to determine the rate

and extent to which existing neighborhoods are being redeveloped through the teardown/rebuild process.

• The City will evaluate areas in the City where the ‘A’

residential zoning may be restricting reinvestment and the proper maintenance of the properties.

Existing Multi-Family

• Mayfair of Montgomery: 100 units
• Creeks of Montgomery: 47 units
• Tollgate Condominiums: 76 units
• Cooper Creek Apartments: 33 units
• 9526 Main Street: 37 units
• 7942 Remington: 8 units
• Montgomery Hill: 10 units
• 7925 Remington Road: 3 units
• Twin Lakes Senior Living Community: 118

apartments with 45 more proposed

• Valley Creek Senior Apartments: 71 units

Current Issues Impacting Multi-Family Residential Uses

• Existing rental apartments are being torn down and replaced by

condominiums, or the apartments themselves are being converted to

• condominiums. New apartments, other than for senior citizens at Twin

Lakes, are not being developed.

• There is an interest in higher density multi-family condominiums on

parcels surrounding the downtown historic district. The desired density exceeds the current zoning requirements.

• There is a desire for land arrangements that encourage ‘walkability’

with a mix of uses including multi-family and office/retail.

• Many older residents living on ½ acre lots would like to downsize and

remain in Montgomery; however, there is a shortage of affordable

• ptions.

Policies for the Future – Multi-Family

• The City supports development of new multi-family residential units in

targeted areas outside of single family residential neighborhoods, and particularly surrounding the downtown historic district.

• The City encourages mixed use developments which incorporate multi-

family uses and are designed to encourage pedestrian connections between uses.

• The City supports higher density development around the historic

district than in other areas zoned for multiple dwelling units per lot; however, this density should not exceed ten units per acre unless developed under the Planned Unit Development criteria.

• The decision of whether multi-unit developments are rental or
• wnership should be market driven.

Questions Moving Forward

• Who is the next generation of home buyer?
• What type of housing does the community want?
• What type of housing does the community need?
• Should the City influence the housing market?
• If so, how so?

Housing Diversity Exercise

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

• Status Quo
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Tiny Houses
• Live/Work Units
• Maximum Square Footage Requirements
• Rezoning to allow for smaller lot sizes
• Loosening panhandle regulations

• Allowing two-family dwelling units in single family districts
• Rezoning properties to multi-family
• Modifying existing multi-family regulations to allow for

higher density and/or increased building height

• Incentives to keep price point low
• Mixed Use Developments
• Other ideas?

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

• Status Quo
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Tiny Houses
• Live/Work Units
• Maximum Square Footage Requirements
• Rezoning to allow for smaller lot sizes
• Loosening panhandle regulations

Accessory Dwelling Units

Accessory Dwelling Units

Tiny Houses

Live/Work Units

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

• Status Quo
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Tiny Houses
• Live/Work Units
• Maximum Square Footage Requirements
• Rezoning to allow for smaller lot sizes
• Loosening panhandle regulations

Rezoning to allow for smaller lot sizes

Loosening Panhandle Regulations

• 1.5 times minimum lot size
• Area located in panhandle

does not count toward total square footage

• 1.5 times side and rear yard

setback

• 20’ of frontage on public

street

Two-Family Homes

• Allowing two-family dwelling units in single family districts
• Rezoning properties to multi-family
• Modifying existing multi-family regulations to allow for

higher density and/or increased building height

• Incentives to keep price point low
• Mixed Use Developments
• Other ideas?

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

Increased density/height – Multi-Family

• Allowing two-family dwelling units in single family districts
• Rezoning properties to multi-family
• Modifying existing multi-family regulations to allow for

higher density and/or increased building height

• Incentives to keep price point low
• Mixed Use Developments
• Other ideas?

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

Mixed Use Developments

Mixed Use Developments

• Allowing two-family dwelling units in single family districts
• Rezoning properties to multi-family
• Modifying existing multi-family regulations to allow for

higher density and/or increased building height

• Incentives to keep price point low
• Mixed Use Developments
• Other ideas?

Ideas to Diversify Housing Stock

Future Land Use Exercise

• Each group will be assigned one of the top four ideas for

diversifying housing stock in the City.

• Each group will be supplied with an aerial of the existing land use,

an existing zoning map and a blank map of the City.

• Each group will have a set of questions to answer about the

implementation of the idea in the City, given existing land use.

• A staff member will serve as the facilitator and take notes for each

group .

• Each group will report out to the full group at the end of the

discussion period.

Future Land Use Exercise

If time allows, taking into account existing land use, color a future land use map using the following colors for each land use

– Yellow: Single Family Residential – Green: Single and Two Family Residential – Brown: Multi-Family Residential – Purple: Mixed Use (Commercial, Office, Multi-Family Residential) – Red: Commercial only – Blue: Office only

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Wrap up & Questions and Answers

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Thank You!

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