Sec. 83-480
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Large retail establishments (single-tenant building >=60,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. with >=60% retail)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Required entrance features3 count
Buildings shall have clearly defined, highly visible customer entrances featuring at least three of the following features: canopies, roof overhangs, entry recesses, arcades, raised corniced parapets, gabled roof forms, outdoor patios, display windows, or integral planters.
- Facade massing elements required2 count
To reduce their perceived mass and scale, buildings shall incorporate two or more of the following elements on each street-facing facade: variations in roof form, pronounced wall offsets, distinct changes in texture/color, ground level arcades, protected entries, or vertical accents.
- Pedestrian walkway features
Pedestrian walkways shall be provided through parking areas and shall be distinguished from other surfaces through a combination of two or more of the following features: six-inch vertical curb, special railings, bollards, special paving, low seating wall, pedestrian scale lighting, or traffic calming devices.
Parking
- Maximum surface parking between front facade and street (non-VC)60 pct
Except in Village Center (VC) and Village Center Planned Development (VC-PD) Districts, up to 60 percent of the total off-street surface parking provided may be located between the front facade of the building and the street it faces.
- Maximum surface parking between front facade and street (VC/VC-PD)30 pct
In Village Center (VC) and Village Center Planned Development (VC-PD) Districts, up to 30 percent of the total off-street surface parking provided may be located between the front facade of the building and the street it faces.
From the ordinance
A single-tenant building in any district that has a gross floor area of 60,000 square feet or more and devotes 60 percent or more of the total floor area to retail sales activities ('large retail buildings') shall comply with the general institutional, commercial, and mixed-use development standards...