[Neighbors] Fw: LUPZ Amendment D

Tue Oct 10 23:34:17 MDT 2017

Stepdown, yes.

On 10/10/2017 10:45 PM, mike via Neighbors_nobhill-nm wrote:
> Please retain the step down
>
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Flora Silva via Neighbors_nobhill-nm 
> <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>
> Date: 10/10/17 8:29 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Veronica Salinas <veronique_salinas at yahoo.com>, TheBoard 
> NobHill-NM <theboard at nobhill-nm.com>, NobHill Neighbors 
> <neighbors at nobhill-nm.com>, maria munguia <munguia16 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Pat Davis <davis.patrick at gmail.com>, "Shanna M. Schultz" 
> <smschultz at cabq.gov>, Petra Morris <pmorris at cabq.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Fw: LUPZ Amendment D
>
> We want to maintain the heights in our current sector plan and retain 
> our "step-downs" called Neighborhood Edges in the new IDO.
> Flora and Vic Silva
> 3801 Lead Ave., SE
>
> On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 8:20:11 PM MDT, maria munguia 
> <munguia16 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Please retain the stepdown
> Maria Munguia
> Gary Wellman
> 202 Bryn Mawr Dr. NE
>
>
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> On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 5:29 PM, Veronica Salinas via 
> Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>     Dear Neighbors:
>
>     Amendment D, sponsored by City Councilor Pat Davis, will be voted
>     on at tomorrow's LUPZ meeting on October 11 at 5:00 pm. It will
>     set commercial building heights in Nob Hill and Highland for IDO
>     zoning.
>
>     Although the heights in lower Nob Hill have been reduced to the
>     maximum allowable heights in our sector plan (thank you Pat
>     Davis!), commercial building heights in Highland are going up from
>     67 to 89 ft. (or 2-stories). And we are losing approximately 80%
>     of the "step-down" requirements, which provide a gradual
>     transition from commercial to residential zones, in both Nob Hill
>     and Highland.
>
>     In practice, this means that an 89 ft. commercial building could
>     go up directly across the street from a 1-story historic
>     residential building along Copper between Graceland (1 block west
>     of Washington) and San Mateo. These residential properties along
>     Copper could also lose their winter solar access and be in
>     complete shade on winter solstice.
>
>     If you want to maintain the heights in our current sector plan and
>     retain our "step-downs" (called Neighborhood Edges in the new
>     IDO), please reply all to this e-mail to let Pat Davis know. The
>     letter below contains more information on the proposed changes.
>
>     Thank you,
>
>     Veronica Salinas
>
>
>
>     ----- Forwarded Message -----
>     *From:* Veronica Salinas <veronique_salinas at yahoo.com>
>     *To:* Pat Davis <patdavis at cabq.gov>; Pat Davis
>     <davis.patrick at gmail.com>; Sean M. Foran <seanforan at cabq.gov>;
>     Petra Morris <pmorris at cabq.gov>; Shanna M. Schultz
>     <smschultz at cabq.gov>
>     *Cc:* TheBoard NobHill-NM <theboard at nobhill-nm.com>; Gary &
>     Melodie Eyster <meyster1 at me.com>; Susan Michie-Maitlen
>     <sgm150 at ymail.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 5:05:58 PM MDT
>     *Subject:* LUPZ Amendment D
>
>     Dear Pat:
>
>     I would like to thank you for the hard work both you and your
>     staff have put into Amendment D to address the neighborhoods'
>     concerns. The IDO proposed almost doubling commercial building
>     heights in Nob Hill and Highland. Amendment D represents a vast
>     improvement over these proposed changes, but the Neighborhood
>     Edges provision in the IDO, which replaces the "step-back"
>     requirement in our current sector plan could still be improved.
>
>     Commercial building heights in Amendment D are much closer to what
>     is in our current sector plan, but they are still being increased
>     from 39 to 42 ft. in lower Nob Hill (Girard to Aliso), 54 to 57
>     ft. in upper Nob Hill (Aliso to Graceland), 26 to 30 ft. in MX-T
>     zones in Nob Hill and Highland (Girard to San Mateo) and 67 to 89
>     ft. in Nob Hill and Highland (Graceland to San Mateo). This means
>     that zoning is becoming less restrictive in Nob Hill and Highland
>     yet again.
>
>     In addition, the Neighborhood Edges provision in the IDO falls far
>     short of the gradual transitions provided for by the "step-back"
>     requirements in the 2014 Nob Hill-Highland Sector Development
>     Plan. The "step-back" requirement (page 89) allows a maximum
>     building height of 26 ft. at the property line in commercial zones
>     (CCR-1, CCR-2, CCR-3, SU-1) located adjacent to residential zones,
>     regardless of zoning (SFHD, MFHD, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, C-2, O-1,
>     OR-1, OR-2, P-R, SU-1, SU-2). Commercial buildings are then
>     required to step-back 15 ft. for every 1-story increase in
>     building height. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate a
>     gradual transition between residential and commercial zones, which
>     is imperative for maintaining the human scale and walkability of
>     our neighborhood.
>
>     The Neighborhood Edges provision does not afford these same
>     protections. This is because current zones such as R-3, C-1, O-1,
>     OR-1, OR-2, P-R, SU-1, SU-2 located adjacent to residential zones
>     north of Copper and south of Silver have been mapped to R-ML,
>     R-MH, MX-T and MX-L zones in the IDO. However, the Neighborhood
>     Edges provision in the IDO only applies to R-A, R-1, R-T and R-MC,
>     which means those properties zoned R-ML, R-MH, MX-T and MX-L are
>     no longer protected under the Neighborhood Edges provision in the
>     IDO (see https://www.abc-zone.com/ido-zoning-conversion-map).
>
>     I request that you please keep the standard maximum building
>     heights in Highland of 45 ft. with the allowance of two 1-story
>     bonuses because this is most consistent with the current 67 ft.
>     maximum. I also request that you extend the Neighborhood Edges
>     provision to include R-ML, R-MH, MX-T and MX-L along Copper
>     between Carlisle and San Mateo and along Silver between Girard and
>     Montclaire.
>
>     Thank you,
>
>     Veronica Salinas
>
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