Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. Street
- Geographic extent
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. Street corridor and W&OD Trail area
Extracted standards
28 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Masonry wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. between residential and commercial6 ft
A six (6) foot tall masonry wall is required between any lot zoned single-family residential and any commercially zoned property, including lots and public access ways in the CS district.
Lighting
- Maximum lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
Lighting standards shall be no more than ten (10) feet in height above grade and shall be so arranged and hooded as to confine all direct light rays entirely within the boundaries of the property.
Other
- Arcade frequency
Arcades are encouraged along the first floor of corner buildings but may not be used more frequently than every three store fronts or eighty (80) feet.
- Awning restriction
Awnings or canopies may only be used in restaurant areas with outdoor patron seating. Awnings and/or canopies will be made of fabric.
- Bonus modifications
The following are acceptable bonus incentives which may be granted as site plan modifications by the Town Council in return for an owner or developer providing building design and site plan features desired by and acceptable to the Town: Increase building footage and lot coverage, modification of lot coverages, reduce front, rear, and side building setbacks, modification to required number, size and location of parking spaces.
- Dumpster screening
Trash, recycling and any other refuse collection dumpsters shall be located at the rear of the property and either screened, enclosed or otherwise blocked from public view.
- EIFS restriction
EIFS, or any like material, may only be used above the first floor.
- Equipment screening
Building equipment, such as generators and air conditioning units shall be screened from view in a manner compatible with the site and using materials similar to the building and harmonious with the design.
- Facade proportion
Buildings with a street front longer than forty (40) feet shall be architecturally designed and situated on the site to create the impression of multiple facades with staggered setbacks.
- Landscape island vegetation40 pct
Forty percent of the landscape island area shall be planted with vegetation in addition to trees and shall be maintained in good condition by the property owner.
- Mansard roofs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Mansard roofs are not permitted.
- Minimum roof slope6 in 12
First-story roofs shall have a minimum slope of 6:12.
- Minimum tree caliper4 in
Trees planted shall be a minimum of four inch caliper and meet the specifications of the American Association of Nurserymen.
Aluminum siding and buildings primarily of glass are prohibited.
- Sidewalk material
Sidewalks in the identified CS-O overlay area shall be paved with coordinating pavers and designed to match the existing pattern established along the Church Street corridor.
Buildings shall be placed forward on a lot to create a continuous street block. Buildings shall have a relationship to adjacent buildings and facades that creates a staggered building line along the street.
- Street level vitality
The street level of new and in-fill buildings, plazas, courtyards or other space and structures that face the street shall provide a primary pedestrian access and orient their design toward the street.
- Stucco base heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2.67 ft
Stucco may be used no nearer than two feet eight inches (2'8") to the base of the building.
- Vending machine restriction
Vending machines may not be placed outside of a wholly enclosed building or shelter.
- Vinyl siding restriction
Vinyl siding may not be used below the second floor on any wall or surface visible from a public way.
Parking
- Parking location
Parking shall be designed to the rear of the lot when possible.
- Parking ratio
All parking shall be provided at a net ratio of one space per six hundred (600) square feet of total floor area.
- Shared parking
All lots developed as part of the CS-O district using the approved design guidelines shall provide shared parking with other lots developed under the Church Street Vision Design Guidelines unless prevented by an adjoining lot or lots not developed under the approved design guidelines.
Signage
- Facade sign area per linear foot2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./ft
A total of two square feet of facade signage is permitted for each linear foot of building frontage.
- Maximum freestanding sign area24 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A freestanding sign may be no larger than twenty-four (24) square feet per building.
- Maximum open sign area1.5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Open signs may not exceed 1½ square feet, may not be internally illuminated and may not be made of neon.
- Maximum temporary window sign coverage10 pct
Temporary window signs may not cover more than ten percent of any window area in which it is placed.
- Maximum window sign area25 pct
One permanent window sign for each business, lettered on the inside of the glass with no background color, no larger than 25 percent of each window area of the window in which it is placed.
From the ordinance
The maximum floor to area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.7 for any lot and only upon accommodating both site and building design criteria.
Parking requirements
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