Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Fall Hill Avenue
- Applies within
- 500 ft
- Geographic extent
- All lands beginning at the intersection of Fall Hill Avenue and Riverside Drive and running along Fall Hill Avenue in a westerly direction to its intersection with Interstate Route 95, extending back on each side a distance of 500 feet from the edge of the public right-of-way.
Uses
Prohibited3
- outside storage or display of products, goods, or materials
- outside speakers that are audible beyond the property boundaries
- transmission towers
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. fencing in streetscape buffer
No chain-link, vinyl, or plastic fencing shall be permitted within the streetscape buffer area.
Landscaping & trees
- Shade tree requirement
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).
Lighting
- Exterior lighting compliance
Exterior lighting shall comply with the maximum illumination standards in § 72-58.
Other
- Minimum berm heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
Above-grade streetscape buffers along the Cowan Boulevard and Fall Hill Avenue Corridors shall include berms at least three feet in height.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. facade materials
No cinderblock, metal, or unadorned concrete block building facades shall be permitted for new development.
- Landscaping maintenance
Landscaped entrance areas shall be irrigated and properly maintained. Xeriscaping practices shall be encouraged, as practicable.
- Landscaping replacement
The streetscape buffer shall be properly maintained and any landscaping that dies or is substantially destroyed shall be replaced with like species.
- Screening of mechanical equipment
On lands zoned for office, commercial, or multifamily residential use, heating and air conditioning units, ventilation units, mechanical equipment, loading dock and service areas, trash containers, and security fencing (e.g., chain-link fences) shall be located out of view from the adjacent property or screened from view at the property line by an opaque fence, wall, or hedge of sufficient height to fully obscure view of the site feature.
- Mechanical device screening threshold1 ft
All electrical, data, and mechanical devices taller than one foot in height and located within the streetscape buffer shall be screened with landscaping.
- Shared curb cuts
To the maximum extent practicable, vehicular access to lots along gateway corridors shall be provided by means of shared curb cuts so as to limit the number of individual entrances onto such corridors.
Signage
- Signage compliance
Signage shall comply with § 72-59.
From the ordinance
The Fall Hill Avenue Corridor Subdistrict shall include all lands beginning at the intersection of Fall Hill Avenue and Riverside Drive and running along Fall Hill Avenue in a westerly direction to its intersection with Interstate Route 95. The district shall extend back on each side of Fall Hill Avenue a distance of 500 feet...