Sec. 6-901; 6-903; 6-904
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- N. Washington Street; N. Saint Asaph Street; Montgomery Street; N. Fairfax Street; Third Street; Canal Center Plaza
- Geographic extent
- Old Town North arts and cultural districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. map that have frontages on N. Washington Street, N. Saint Asaph Street, Montgomery Street, N. Fairfax Street, Third Street, or Canal Center Plaza
Uses
Permitted by right2
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit for zones with 50 ft or less50 ft
no building located in any zone or height district where the maximum allowable height is 50 feet or less may be allowed to exceed such height limits
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase25 ft
Height may not be increased pursuant to this section by more than 25 feet beyond the height otherwise permitted by the zone for the site
Other
- Maximum FARFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. increase for arts anchor30 pct
floor area ratio and an associated amount of density may be increased by a maximum of 30 percent above the maximum floor area ratio otherwise permitted
- Minimum arts anchor size5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The space provided for the arts and cultural anchor shall be a minimum size of 5,000 square feet and consolidated in one area
- Total maximum arts anchor floor area100,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total floor area for arts and cultural anchor space utilizing the arts and cultural anchor incentive within the Old Town North arts and cultural district overlay will not exceed 100,000 square feet of floor area
- Maximum ground floor arts tenant floor area exclusion15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The allocation of ground floor arts and cultural tenant spaces will be limited to a maximum amount of 15,000 square feet of floor area for each block
From the ordinance
The use of these incentives will be limited to areas within the Old Town North arts and cultural district overlay map that have frontages on the following streets: N. Washington Street, N. Saint Asaph Street, Montgomery Street, N. Fairfax Street, Third Street, or Canal Center Plaza