Section 711
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right38
- Bicycle sales and repair shops
- Bakeries, catering establishments and meal delivery services
- Florist and flower shops
- Furniture, television and appliance sales, service and repair
- Restaurants
- Financial institutions
- Hotels and inns
- Office, administrative, business or professional
- Day care center, babysitting services
- Funeral home
- Conference or training center
- Parking structures, areas, and lots (accessory)
- County-owned or leased buildings and properties
- Schools
- Emergency services
- Police and fire stations
- Libraries
- Museums
- Community meeting facilities
- Community centers
- Post offices
- Transit shelters
- Churches and parish houses
- Colleges and universities
- Civic club
- Natural areas
- Parks
- Squares
- Greens
- Plazas
- Ball fields
- Playgrounds
- Community gardens
- Streams
- Ponds
- Water bodies
- Stormwater detention/retention facilities
- Accessory parking areas for parks
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. along Main Streets50 ft
Principal, single-family residential uses that front along Main Streets within the MU/TND district shall be no more than fifty (50) feet or four (4) stories.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential35 ft
New structures within a MU/TND District shall be no more than thirty-five (35) feet or three (3) stories for single-family residential uses
- Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential3 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
New structures within a MU/TND District shall be no more than thirty-five (35) feet or three (3) stories for single-family residential uses
- Optimal minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
The optimal minimum height for structures located in the MU/TND Neighborhood Center subarea is two (2) stories.
Lighting
- Maximum spacing of pedestrian lights75 ft
with a maximum average spacing of seventy-five (75) feet on center.
- Pedestrian scale light heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
Pedestrian scale decorative street lights (twelve (12) feet to fifteen (15) feet in height) shall be installed
Other
- Maximum cul-de-sac length500 ft
nor shall any individual cul-de-sac street exceed five hundred (500) feet in length.
- Maximum cul-de-sac percentage10 pct
Cul-de-sac streets shall not comprise more than ten (10) percent of the total street length in the MU/TND District
- Maximum dead end alley length100 ft
in no circumstances shall an alley have a dead end length of over one hundred (100) feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for commercial uses8,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot area for commercial uses: Eight thousand five hundred (8,500) square feet.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for commercial uses40 ft
Minimum lot width for commercial uses: Forty (40) feet at the minimum front setback line.
- Minimum separation between structures15 ft
Groups of single-family attached dwellings and multi-family structures shall be separated from each other by a minimum of fifteen (15) feet.
- Minimum sidewalk width in Neighborhood Center8 ft
In the Neighborhood Center, the paved area of sidewalks shall be not less than eight (8) feet wide.
- Minimum sidewalk width in Residential Neighborhood5 ft
In the Residential Neighborhood, the paved area of sidewalks shall be not less than five (5) feet wide.
- Public water and sewer required
All development within a MU/TND District shall be served by public water and sewer facilities.
- Transit stop requirement for large developments
All new developments within a MU/TND greater than forty (40) acres in area and that meet any one (1) of the following qualifications shall include a suitable location for a transit stop or commuter parking facility within their Development Plan: ...
- Tree canopy coverage goal30 pct
with a goal of achieving tree canopy coverage of between thirty (30) percent and seventy (70) percent.
Parking
- Retail parking exemption in Neighborhood Center
Parking for retail and service uses in the Neighborhood Center shall not require on-site parking provided that: ... within a six-hundred-foot radius ... total floor space ... does not exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
From the ordinance
New structures within a MU/TND District shall be no more than thirty-five (35) feet or three (3) stories for single-family residential uses, or fifty (50) feet or four (4) stories for non-residential, multi-family residential or mixed used structures.