Downtown Form-Based Code - City of Overland Park

How to Use this CodeI want to modify a building or develop a new building:1. Determine if property in question is located within the Form District. If not,this Code is not applicable.2. Determine whether your intended changes would trigger a level of codecompliance by looking at the Part 2, Section 209. Non-Conformities.3. Look at the adopted regulating plan. Find the property in question. Notethe required building line and the parking setback line. Note the color ofthe fronting street-space—this determines the applicable building envelopestandard (see the key located on the regulating plan).4. Find the appropriate building envelope standard in Part 4. BuildingEnvelope Standards. (Note the General Standards in Section 403.) Thebuilding envelope standard will tell you the parameters for development onthe site in terms of height, siting, elements, and use.5. Additional regulations regarding streets and other public spaces surroundingthe property are found in:a. Part 5. Urban Space Standards - the general parameters and/orspecifications for the street-space including vehicular traffic lane widths,curb radii, sidewalk and street tree planting area dimensions, and onstreetparking configurations.b. Part 6. Architectural Standards - materials, configurations and techniquesfor the architectural elements of the building and lot.c. Part 7. Parking and Loading Standards.6. See Part 2. Administration, Application Process & Appeals for information onthe process.I want to establish a new use in an existing building:1. Find the property on the District Regulating Plan and determine theapplicable building envelope standard.2. Determine whether the use is allowed by looking at the permitted Use Tablein Part 8. Building Functions. If the use is listed with a cross-reference in theright-hand column, refer to those standards.I have a use, building or site that is nonconforming:1. Existing uses, buildings and sites that met the rules when they wereconstructed, but do not comply with this development code are considerednonconforming.2. See Part 2, Section 209. Non-Conformities for further details.I want to change the regulating plan regarding my property:See Part 2, Section 207. Amendments to the Form-Based Code.I want to subdivide my property:1. Property can only be subdivided in accordance with the procedures in Title 18 -Unified Development Ordinance of the Overland Park Municipal Code.2. Any such subdivision shall also meet the standards of this Code.September 2011Overland Park Form-Based Codei