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Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Corporate campus is a master planned mixed-use development under unified ownership or control. Permitted by rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld. in I-1 or I-2 districts, or through Conditional UseConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. Permit in B-5 or IN-2 districts.
Uses
Permitted by right6
- residential development within mixed-use buildings
- professional, medical, scientific and technical offices/services
- manufacturing, processing or product assembly
- scientific laboratories and research enterprises/facilities
- finance, insurance, management, administrative and support offices and services
- support uses including hotels, motels and restaurants (limited to 10% of total floor area)
Extracted standards
24 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Bicycle lane width3 ft
Bicycle lanes shall be provided along all collector or arterial streets internal to the development and shall be at least three feet in width.
- Bicycle racks
Bicycle racks shall be provided in accordance with section 35.2-62.6 of this Ordinance.
- Vegetative buffering requirement
Vegetative buffering as provided in section 35.2-63.10 (Buffering) of this ordinance shall be required between buildings in the corporate campus and adjoining public right-of-way, single-household districts and two-household districts except where: 1. Predominant wall materials have the appearance of brick, stucco or textured masonry; 2. Predominant wall materials shall cover at least 80 percent of walls, exclusive of windows and doors; and 3. Materials with the appearance of concrete block, smooth concrete, corrugated or standing seam metal are prohibited.
- Common and civic areas percentage10 pct
At least ten percent of the total project area shall be devoted to common and civic areas, which may include courtyards, plazas and landscape/buffering areas.
- Building entrance features
All buildings shall have clearly defined, visible entrances, featuring no fewer than three of the following: canopies or porticos, awnings, overhangs, recesses/projections, arcades, raised corniced parapets over the door, peaked roof forms or arches, outdoor patios, display windows.
- Facade articulation for long facades
Front and street-facing side facades greater than 100 feet in length, measured horizontally, shall incorporate wall plane projections or recesses having a depth of at least three percent of the length of the facade and extending at least 20 percent of the length of the façade.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence prohibition
No fence or wall shall be established in any front or street side yard except as established in this section.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. transition abutting residential districts
Where a lot abuts a residential zoning district or a mixed-use project, the maximum building height shall be no taller than the maximum height of the abutting district within 100 feet of the property line. The building height may be increased by one foot for each additional one foot for the applicable portion of the building separated from the property line.
- Large deciduous tree planting ratio800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
At least one large deciduous tree shall be planted for every 800 square feet of civic area.
- Loading dock location
Loading and service dock areas shall be located to the rear or sides of a building, away from the main building entrance, or related high visibility areas.
- Loading dock setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
Loading docks shall not be located between a building and a residential zoning district unless there is a minimum 100 feet setback between the loading dock and the residential district and the setback includes a landscape buffer and masonry wall.
- Loading screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Loading and service docks shall be screened by a masonry wall measuring not less than six feet in height and not more than eight feet in height or a landscape screen consisting of evergreen hedge that will measure at least five feet in height within one year of planting.
- Outdoor storage screening wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Screening shall include an opaque wall or fence enclosure measuring at least six feet high and no more than eight feet high.
- Outdoor storage setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street or residential50 ft
Outdoor storage is prohibited within 50 feet of any street or residential zoning district.
- Parapet design3 ft
The parapet design shall be a minimum of three feet in height and shall incorporate a three-dimensional cornice treatment.
- Planting strip width along wall10 ft
A minimum ten feet wide planting strip shall be provided along the wall with the following plant materials: a. Minimum one evergreen tree for every 40 linear feet of wall; and b. Minimum one shrub for every three linear feet of wall.
- Roofline variation
Rooflines shall be varied in height at least every 100 linear feet. Hips, gables or changes in parapet elevation shall be used to provide relief in height.
- Small deciduous tree planting ratio200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
At least one small deciduous tree shall be planted for every 200 square feet of civic area.
- Wrought-iron fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for patios3 ft
Wrought-iron or metal picket fencing with a maximum height of three feet may be used to delineate outdoor patios/eating areas in any location on a lot.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. radius1,320 ft
Required off-street parking shall be provided within a five-minute (one-quarter mile) radius of the site that it serves.
- Parking location relative to buildings
Parking spaces shall not be located between buildings and a front or side street.
- Parking lot division for large lots
Parking lots which accommodate more than 100 vehicles shall be divided into a series of connected smaller lots and separated by roads, open areas, structures or landscape strips measuring at least ten feet in width and having at least one large deciduous tree planted every 40 linear feet.
- Parking structure location
Parking structures shall be located behind the primary structure.
- Maximum distance from parking space to walkway120 ft
Walkways shall be located in a manner so that no parking space is further than 120 feet from a walkway.
From the ordinance
The maximum building height shall be 100 feet.