Sec. 20C.6
Dimensional standards
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Rio29 Form-Based CodeForm-based codeZoning that regulates a building’s shape and street relationship rather than the activity inside it. Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. - Core Character Area
Uses
Permitted by right17
- multiple-family dwellings
- live-work dwelling units
- single-family attached dwellings
- retail sales and service
- restaurants, hotels, and lodging
- entertainment and recreation
- office
- artisan manufacturing
- commercial parking
- light industrial
- public and institutional uses
- community facility uses
- cultural amenity space
- public art
- temporary uses
- temporary construction uses and temporary storage yards
- stormwater management facilities
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Affordable housing requirement threshold5 units
The provision of affordable housing is required in all residential developments containing five or more residential dwelling units
- Maximum artisan manufacturing employees20 employees
Any individual artisan manufacturing establishment may not employ more than 20 full-time employees
- Maximum block length300 ft
No block face may have a length greater than 300 feet without an alley or pedestrian pathway providing through-access
- Maximum ground floor residential percentage66 pct
No more than two-thirds of the ground floor street facing façade of a single building may be occupied by multiple-family or single-family attached residential uses.
- Maximum live-work dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. floor area3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Live-work dwelling units may have a maximum floor area of 3,000 square feet.
- Maximum temporary use duration180 days
Temporary uses must obtain a zoning clearance prior to operation, for operation of up to 180 days.
- Minimum build-to frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. percentage66 pct
At least 66 percent of a site's street frontage must be built within the build-to range
- Minimum sidewalk clear zone5 ft
a five-foot wide sidewalk clear zone is maintained
Parking
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way10 ft
Surface parking must be located at least 10 feet from the right-of-way
- Pick-up/drop-off space ratio1 per 20 spaces
Uses requiring 20 or more parking spaces must dedicate at least one space per 20 provided spaces as a rideshare, cab, and delivery pick-up or drop-off zone.
From the ordinance
Table 1: Permitted Uses - Core character area