Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Parking
- Minimum, studio / 1-bedroom
- 1
- Minimum, 2+ bedroom
- 1.5
Servicing
- Applies near
- Liberty Street, Poindexter Street, Bainbridge Boulevard
- Geographic extent
- South Norfolk Business Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. as described in Sec. 12-604: properties along south side of Liberty Street between 16th Street and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks; both sides of Poindexter Street from Liberty to Bainbridge; both sides of Bainbridge from Poindexter to southwest corner of Lakeside Park
Uses
Permitted by right4
Conditional / special use5
- Alternative lending establishments
- Eating or drinking places selling alcoholic beverages after 1:00 a.m. within 100 ft of residential
- Parking garage adjacent to residential
- Motor vehicle repair facilities
- Central disposal systems
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Alcohol sales conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit
A conditional use permit shall be required for any eating or drinking place selling alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption which is open for business after 1:00 a.m. where any portion of such property is located within one hundred (100) feet of any lot line of any property zoned or used for residential purposes.
- Buffer areas
Buffer areas shall be provided in accordance with those standards established in section 19-600 et seq. of the zoning ordinance, unless the site meets any of the exceptions set out below.
- Maximum window sill heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
The lowest point of the window is no more than four (4) feet above the sidewalk.
- Minimum window area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
At least twelve (12) square feet in area
Multifamily residential units shall be located only in buildings which are a minimum two (2) stories in height and shall be located only on the second floor and above, provided that the ground floor level is actively used or marketed for retail, commercial, office, institutional or other permitted or conditional nonresidential uses.
- Neutral colors only
Only neutral colors shall be used on the exterior of buildings.
- Prohibit permanent overhangs
No permanent overhangs, including awnings and other building extensions other than signs, shall be constructed on any building within the district.
- Tattoo parlors prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No tattoo parlors shall be permitted regardless of the underlying zoning district.
Colors such as yellow, black, orange, green, blue, bright pink or any other similar color identified by the director of planning shall be prohibited.
- Wall plane break interval10 ft
the building wall plane facing a public thoroughfare must be broken along its length at least every ten (10) feet by either a public doorway or by a window...
Parking
- Off-lot parking maximum distance500 ft
Required off-street parking may be provided on a lot other than the lot upon which the use is located if the distance between the use and the off-lot/alternative parking is no more than five hundred (500) feet.
- Parking location
For all new buildings constructed on a site within the district, parking shall be located to the rear or side of the building, with a single entrance for ingress and egress, unless the planning commission grants a special exception.
Signage
- Maximum entrance sign area16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
with a sign face not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet.
- Maximum entrance sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Such signs shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.
- Sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. relative to roofline0 ft
No sign shall extend above the roofline of the building face.
- Maximum total sign area per linear foot of frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per linear foot
The total sign area for all signs on a premises shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each linear foot of public right-of-way frontage.
- Maximum wall sign area as percentage of building elevation10 pct
the total wall sign area on each building elevation shall be no more than ten (10) percent of the total area of the building elevation on which it is placed.
- Overhanging signs require special permit
Overhanging signs... shall not be permitted, unless a special permit is approved.
- Prohibit freestanding signs when no front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No freestanding signs shall be permitted when there is no front yard setback for the principal building.
From the ordinance
The front setback may range from zero (0) to ten (10) percent of the lot depth... The maximum height of a building or structure shall be forty (40) feet... Multifamily residential as permitted within mixed use buildings... shall not exceed a density of thirty (30) dwelling units per acre
Parking requirements
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"other_uses": "No off-street parking required if on Poindexter Street between Bainbridge and Liberty or within 500 ft of city-owned parking",
"multifamily_2plus_br": "1.5 spaces per unit",
"multifamily_studio_1br": "1 space per unit"
}