Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Clay Street to Giles Road and around Progress Street
- Geographic extent
- Land in and around the downtown area generally located from Clay Street to Giles Road and around Progress Street as depicted on the map entitled 'Boundaries of the Live/Work/Sell Arts Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.'
Uses
Permitted by right2
- Single-Artist Studio in a single-family dwelling unit
- Multiple-Artists Studio in a single-family dwelling unit meeting criteria in subsection 3404(e)(3)
Conditional / special use8
- Arts-related personal improvement service
- Art restoration
- Framing and presentation of other artists' work
- Gallery
- Multiple-Artists Studio not meeting standards in subsection (b)
- Parking in front of the building line for Single-Artist Studio
- Repair of musical instruments
- Single-Artist Studio in a two-family dwelling unit
Accessory2
- Framing and presentation of the artist's own works associated with a Single-Artist Studio
- Instruction of a maximum of two (2) students at any one (1) time associated with a Single-Artist Studio
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Excessive noise prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Any creation of art that generates excessive noise, or is not compliant with Section [Chapter] 13 of the Town Code or otherwise not in keeping with noise levels appropriate to a residential zoning district, is prohibited.
Other
- Additional dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No additional dwelling units shall be created and no accessory structures shall be used for living purposes.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. on second street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. for corner lots10 ft
When a new freestanding structure is constructed on a corner lot, the structure shall meet the front yard setback for the street frontage determined to be the front yard, and shall meet a ten-foot setback on the second street frontage.
All solid waste shall be disposed of in individual residential pick-up containers. No dumpsters are allowed.
- Excessive lights, dust, fumes, odors, and vibrations prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Excessive lights, dust, fumes, odors, and vibrations are prohibited unless the impacts are mitigated and the activity is located in a completely enclosed building that attenuates the lights, dust, fumes, odors and vibrations.
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. occupancy1 persons
In all cases, maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family plus one (1) individual unrelated to the family.
- Outdoor storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Outdoor storage is not allowed. All materials and work products must be stored in a completely enclosed building.
- Hours of operation Friday and Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
- Hours of operation Sunday through Thursday
Hours of operation when open to the public shall be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and are limited to 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday through Thursday.
Parking
- Parking must be behind front building line
If additional parking is added, it shall be located behind the front building line unless approved through a conditional use permit.
Signage
- Maximum arts affiliation sign area1.5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One (1) arts affiliation sign is allowed. An arts affiliation sign may be single- or double-sided and may not exceed one and one-half (1½) square feet in area.
- Maximum arts use sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One (1) sign to identify the arts use shall be allowed. The sign may be either an attached sign or a freestanding sign, and shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area.
- Maximum directional sign area3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One (1) directional sign is allowed, not to exceed four (4) feet in height and three (3) square feet in area.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 ft
A freestanding sign shall be a maximum of five (5) feet in height.
- Neon signage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Neon signage is not allowed.
- Sign illumination external only
The sign may only be illuminated externally. No internal illumination, either of a sign box or individual channel letters, shall be allowed.
- Strip lighting prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Strip lighting is not allowed.
From the ordinance
Lot coverage: Fifty-five (55) percent. Floor area ratio: Thirty-five one-hundredths (.35).