Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right46
- research, development and laboratory facilities
- offices
- day nurseries
- public open spaces and uses owned or operated by a governmental agency
- parking decks and parking garages
- adult care residences
- adult day care facilities
- art galleries
- banks, savings and loan offices
- catering businesses
- churches and other places of worship
- communications centers and telephone repeater stations
- dry cleaning and laundering establishments
- dwelling units
- grocery stores, convenience stores, and specialty food and beverage stores
- hospitals
- hotels
- laundromats
- libraries, museums, schools, parks, and noncommercial recreational facilities
- nursing homes
- office supply, business and office service, photocopy, and custom printing establishments
- permanent supportive housing
- personal loan and financial services
- personal service businesses
- pet shops, veterinary clinics, and animal hospitals
- postal and package mailing services
- printing, publishing and engraving establishments
- public elementary or secondary schools
- professional, business and vocational schools
- public utilities installations
- radio and television broadcasting studios and offices
- recreation and entertainment uses
- repair businesses
- restaurants, tearooms, cafes, delicatessens, ice cream parlors
- retail stores and shops
- rights-of-way, easements, and appurtenances
- sales lots for Christmas trees, vegetable stands, and other seasonal uses
- service businesses
- shopping centers
- short-term rental
- showrooms and display areas
- social service delivery uses
- tourist homes
- transitional housing
- wireless communications facilities
- accessory uses and structures
Conditional / special use4
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Minimum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Every main building hereinafter constructed shall have a minimum height of three stories, except that porches, porticos, and similar structures attached to a main building may be of lesser height.
- Stepback for buildings above seven storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.10 ft
Any building above seven stories in height shall have a minimum building stepback of ten feet from the building façade line along each street frontage, which stepback shall occur above the ground story and no higher than the fifth story.
Other
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
No rear yard shall be required except that where a rear lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an RO district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet in depth.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
No side yards shall be required except that where a side lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an RO district, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width.
- Minimum fenestration for street level dwelling uses30 pct
For dwelling uses, tourist homes, and shelters, windows or glass doors or both that allow views out of the interior building space shall comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the building façade between three and ten feet in height along the street frontage.
- Minimum fenestration for street level nondwelling uses60 pct
For non-dwelling uses... a minimum of 60 percent of the building façade between three and ten feet in height along the street frontage shall be comprised of windows or glass doors or both that allow views into and out of the interior building space.
- Usable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. ratio for dwelling uses0.1 ratio
In the RP district, a usable open space ratio of not less than 0.10 shall be provided for newly constructed buildings or portions thereof devoted to dwelling uses.
Parking
- Parking location relative to main building
Areas devoted to the parking or circulation of vehicles shall not be located between the main building on a lot and the street line, nor shall such areas be located closer to the street than the main building on the lot.
From the ordinance
The uses of buildings and premises listed in this section shall be permitted in the RP district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district.