Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Downtown OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. as described in section 78-50.3(a)
Uses
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase ratio from ROW1 ft/ft
height of the structure shall increase no more than one foot of additional height for each foot of horizontal distance from the ROW line
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at right-of-way line30 ft
At the right-of-way line, no structure shall exceed 30 feet in height
Other
- Maximum 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. increase in sectors 1,2,62.5 ratio
increase the floor area ratio up to 2.50 in sectors 1, 2 and 6
- Maximum 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. increase in sectors 3 and 40.7 ratio
up to 0.7 in sectors 3 and 4
- Minimum building facade heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.20 ft
building facades shall not be less than 20 feet in height
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for nonresidential component15 pct
For any portion of PD-D property developed for nonresidential uses... minimum of 15 percent open space.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for residential component30 pct
For any portion of PD-D property developed for townhouse or multiple-family dwelling use... minimum of 30 percent open space.
From the ordinance
The floor area ratio of development shall not exceed 0.5 in the Downtown Overlay... The height of a structure in the PD-D district shall not exceed 50 feet...