Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum contiguous wall length without windows30 ft
Each facade ... shall have no more than thirty (30) feet of contiguous horizontal wall length devoid of transparent windows on any floor.
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. occupancy4 persons
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
- Maximum tree spacing in perimeter landscaping bed18 ft
Plantings within this area shall include trees located no more than eighteen (18) feet on center.
A minimum of ten (10) percent of the MXD Development gross land area shall be reserved as open space.
- Minimum recreation area as percentage of residential gross floor area5 pct
This recreational activity area shall be a minimum of five (5) percent of the residential gross floor area in the MXD Development.
- Perimeter landscaping bed width when no major entrance on public road20 ft
If any public road-facing elevation of a principal structure does not contain a major entrance ... a minimum twenty (20) foot perimeter landscaping bed shall be provided.
- Phasing requirements
Each phase shall have adequate provision for access, parking, storm water management, utilities, and other public improvements... Open space areas shall be reasonably proportioned in each phase.
- Residential floor area as percentage of gross floor area
The gross residential floor area in any MXD Development shall be no less than a minimum of ten (10) percent and no greater than a maximum of seventy-five (75) percent of gross floor area within the MXD Development.
- Transit shelterShelterTemporary accommodation for people without housing, usually with support services. required for gross floor area over 75,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.75,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any MXD Development with gross floor area in excess of seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet shall provide a transit shelter.
From the ordinance
A minimum of ten (10) percent of the MXD Development gross land area shall be reserved as open space.