Sec. 17.05.030 - Commercial retail use specific standards
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Similar mass and character to abutting residential
Buildings shall be similar in mass and character to abutting residential properties including roof pitch, eaves, building materials, windows, and colors, when applicable.
Other
- Curb cuts minimized
Curb cuts and site vehicular access shall be minimized in frequency, allowed movement, and width.
- Exterior building materials
Exterior building materials shall be time- and weather-tested materials and techniques such as but not limited to masonry, stone veneer systems, stucco, or precast panels with inlaid or stamped brick texture.
- Exterior building materials
Exterior building materials shall be time- and weather-tested materials and techniques such as but not limited to masonry, stone veneer systems, stucco, or precast panels with inlaid or stamped brick texture.
- Facade articulation interval for facades >100 ft25 ft
Façades greater than one hundred (100) feet in length, measured horizontally, shall incorporate surface articulation every twenty-five (25) feet.
- Minimum ground floor activation along public streets60 pct
Ground floor facades that face public streets shall have arcades, clear glass display windows, entry areas, awnings, or other such features along no less than sixty (60) percent of their horizontal length.
- Main entrance orientation
The main entrance shall be oriented towards the primary street.
- Maximum curb cuts per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 curb cuts
A maximum of one (1) curb cut shall be permitted per street frontage unless otherwise approved by the Public Works Director.
- Parking lot landscaping requirement for front/street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Any portion of an off-street parking area located in the front or street side setback shall meet the requirements for Type B interior and perimeter parking lot landscaping.
- Pedestrian walkways
Pedestrian walkways shall be provided to all building entries and parking areas and shall connect to the sidewalk at the street frontage.
- Pedestrian walkways
Pedestrian walkways shall be provided to all building entries and parking areas and shall connect to the sidewalk at the street frontage.
Parking
All off-street parking ... shall be located in the rear and/or interior side setback.
- Parking location encouraged
All off-street parking ... is encouraged to be located in the rear and/or interior side setback.
- Interior side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front elevation1 ft
Off-street parking located in the interior side setback shall be set back a minimum of one (1) foot from the front elevation of the primary building.
From the ordinance
General retail, less than 10,000 square feet: main entrance oriented towards primary street; off-street parking in rear and/or interior side setback; max one curb cut per street frontage. General retail, 10,000 sq ft or greater: facades >100 ft articulate every 25 ft; ground floor facades facing public streets have arcades/display windows etc along no less than 60% of horizontal length.