Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- Old and HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. Fredericksburg
Uses
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Form of formal open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
The formal open space must be in the form of a plaza, playground, square, or courtyard.
- Landscaping for formal open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
The formal open space shall be landscaped with, at minimum, the number of plants that would be required for a Type B landscaping buffer, as measured along the longest side of the open space.
- Minimum dimensions of formal open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 ft
Formal open space shall have a minimum length and width of 25 feet, with a maximum length-to-width ratio of 1:4.
- Minimum formal open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for large residential sites10 pct
A minimum of 10% of the development site shall consist of formal open space.
- Minimum street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. of formal open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 pct
A minimum of 25% of the perimeter of the formal open space shall adjoin a street.
- Minimum ground floor retail in Retail Priority Area30 pct
Within the 'Retail Priority Area'... at least 30% of the gross floor area of the ground floor of (1) a mixed-use structure, or (2) all structures on a mixed-use site that front on these streets, shall consist of uses in the Retail and Consumer Use Group.
From the ordinance
The Commercial-Downtown (C-D) District is established to promote harmonious development... Outdoor storage is prohibited in the district.