Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Architectural style
The buildings or townhouses shall be consistent with traditional architectural style, scale and treatment. Exterior materials shall be limited to masonry (brick, stone or precast), wood and comparable high quality materials.
- Compliance with Old Town North Urban Design Guidelines
The development shall comply with the Old Town North Urban Design Guidelines.
- Facade orientation
All units shall orient their facades with main entries toward a public street, and mews units are discouraged.
Other
- Continuum of care FARFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.1.5 ratio
The maximum permitted floor area ratio is 1.5 and a maximum of 50 percent of the floor space of the proposed development may be residential use. Except that, if a special use permit is approved, the maximum floor area ratio may be increased to an amount not to exceed 2.5 and a maximum of 70 percent of the floor space of the proposed development may be residential use.
- Green building technologies
Green and sustainable building technologies shall be incorporated as part of the building and building systems.
- Overhead utilities underground
All overhead utilities (existing and proposed) on all public street frontages shall be located underground.
- Pedestrian and streetscape improvements
Pedestrian and streetscape improvements shall be provided, including, but not limited to, the provision of continuous brick sidewalks, street trees and public connections to the waterfront or existing parkland, to the extent possible.
- Public open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 pct
A minimum of 25 percent ground level open and usable space shall be provided. Such space shall be visually and physically accessible from a public street. A portion of such space shall be subject to a public access and use easement. Public art and/or sculpture shall be provided within such space.
- Retail requirement in retail focus area10 pct
The retail requirement within a retail focus area shall be a minimum of 10 percent of the area of each lot in the retail focus area, and subject to the provisions of section 6-500 of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (C) of this section 4-606, the maximum height shall not exceed 50 feet, with portions of the buildings and/or townhouses providing significant variation in building heights less than 50 feet.