Section 2.01.01
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- Metrorail station
- Applies within
- 1,320 ft
- Geographic extent
- Located within Urban Transit Center and Urban Mixed Use Place Types, with subareas Inner Core (within 1/4 mile of Metrorail station), Outer Core, and Transit-Designed Supportive Area (TDSA)
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. modification
Building height may be modified by Special Exception.
Other
- Community open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. distance from uses1,320 ft
Distributed throughout the Inner Core Subarea, Outer Core Subarea, and TDSA so that uses are within 1/4 mile of Community Open Space.
- Incremental addition open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. distance1,980 ft
Uses within each incremental addition to the TRC Zoning District are within 3/8 mile of Community Open Space.
- Inner Core minimum building wall frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.70 pct
Within the Inner Core Subarea, a minimum of 70% of any lot width adjacent to a public or private road or plaza must be occupied by a building wall.
- Inner Core minimum ground floor commercial/civic frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.70 pct
Within the Inner Core Subarea, at least 70% of the ground floor building frontage must contain Commercial or Public/Civic/Institutional Uses.
- Inner Core radius from Metrorail station1,320 ft
Include the land area located approximately within a 1/4-mile radius from the outer edge of the Metrorail station.
- Maximum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size reduction5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
This minimum district size may be reduced by a maximum of 5 acres by modification in accordance with Section 10.10.04.C.
- Maximum eave cantilever over pedestrian walkway3 ft
Eaves are permitted to cantilever over a pedestrian walkway no more than 3 feet.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for remaining frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.6 ft
Wall or fence that allows visibility through it, such as a wrought iron fence, with a maximum height of 6 feet.
- Maximum hedge heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for remaining frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.4 ft
Solid wall or evergreen hedge with a maximum height of 4 feet.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The initial TRC Zoning District size must be a minimum of 20 acres.
- Minimum on-site amenities for buildings >=50,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2 count
All buildings containing 50,000 or more square feet of gross floor area must incorporate at least 2 of the on-site amenities listed.
- Outer Core minimum building wall frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.50 pct
Within the Outer Core Subarea, a minimum of 50% of any lot width adjacent to a public or private street or plaza must be occupied by a building wall.
- Outer Core minimum ground floor commercial/civic frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.30 pct
Within the Outer Core Subarea at least 30% of the ground floor building frontage must contain Commercial, or Public/Civic/Institutional Uses.
- TDSA base floor area ratioFloor 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.1.5 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.
A project subject to an application for a Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Concept Plan Amendment, or Special Exception approval in the TDSA is eligible for an increase from 1.5 FAR to 2.0 FAR.
- TDSA maximum floor area ratioFloor 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.2 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.
Eligible for an increase from 1.5 FAR to 2.0 FAR.
- TDSA 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. increase0.5 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.
Total FAR increase does not exceed 0.5.
- Tree canopy exemption for Inner Core
Tree canopy requirements of Section 7.03 do not apply to the Inner Core Subarea.
From the ordinance
The TRC Zoning District is composed of 3 subareas: Inner Core, Outer Core, and Transit-Designed Supportive Area (TDSA).