Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Cowan Boulevard, Fall Hill Avenue, Princess Anne Street, and Lafayette Boulevard corridors
Uses
Prohibited3
- outside storage or display of products, goods, or materials
- outside speakers that are audible beyond the boundaries of the property on which they are located
- transmission towers
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum berm heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for above-grade streetscape buffers3 ft
Above-grade streetscape buffers along the Cowan Boulevard and Fall Hill Avenue Corridors shall include berms at least three feet in height.
- Maximum building footprint in downtown districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. portion of Lafayette15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum footprint of buildings in the downtown district portion of the Lafayette Boulevard Corridor Subdistrict shall not exceed 15,000 square feet
- Maximum building footprint in Gateway DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. of Lafayette40,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum footprint of buildings in the Gateway District shall not exceed 40,000 square feet.
- Maximum building footprint in Old Route 1 and Mill DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum footprint of buildings in the Old Route 1 Highway and the Mill District shall not exceed 25,000 square feet
- Maximum building footprint in Transition districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum footprint of buildings in the Transition district shall not exceed 6,000 square feet.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. fencing types in streetscape buffer
No chain-link, vinyl, or plastic fencing shall be permitted within the streetscape buffer area.
- Shade tree spacing along road frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.30 ft
Each streetscape buffer shall incorporate at least one large shade tree of two inches in diameter DBH for every 30 linear feet of road frontage (excluding driveways).
Parking
- Parking location for Princess Anne and Lafayette
Parking areas shall be located to the rear or sides of buildings.
From the ordinance
The Gateway Corridor Overlay (GCO) District is hereby created to provide additional architectural and site requirements for development and redevelopment along key highways and roads...