Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Street front facade requirement
The entire unit's street front façade shall be occupied by nonresidential uses and treated as pedestrian-oriented with interior views of the commercial space and a clearly designed business entrance.
- Maximum living area in business apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.700 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
an area on the first floor not to exceed seven hundred (700) square feet used for living space
- Minimum work or sales area percentage50 pct
at least fifty (50) percent of the total floor area of the first floor must be devoted to work or sales
- Occupancy requirement
The living area shall be occupied only by the owner or manager of the business.
From the ordinance
Business apartment. A business space in the B-1 zoning district arranged in a manner that permits or includes an area on the first floor not to exceed seven hundred (700) square feet used for living space. Regardless of the foregoing, at least fifty (50) percent of the total floor area of the first floor must be devoted to work or sales, and the work or sales space must front on the street. The living area shall be occupied only by the owner or manager of the business. The entire unit's street front façade shall be occupied by nonresidential uses and treated as pedestrian-oriented with interior views of the commercial space and a clearly designed business entrance.