Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. Street
- Geographic extent
- CS-O overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. area along the ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. Street corridor
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Required masonry wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. between single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. and commercial6 ft
A six (6) foot tall masonry wall is required between any lot zoned single-family residential and any commercially zoned property
Lighting
- Maximum lighting standard 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 feet in height above grade
Other
- Bonus incentives allowed
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 required
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.
- Minimum percentage of landscape island area planted with vegetation40 pct
Forty percent of the landscape island area shall be planted with vegetation in addition to trees
- Minimum landscape strip width2 ft
For buildings with the minimum setback, the planter or landscape strip must be at least two feet in width
- Minimum brick sidewalk width5 ft
A five-foot brick sidewalk shall be constructed along the front property line adjoining the public planter and sidewalk
- Minimum tree caliper4 in
Trees planted shall be a minimum of four inch caliper
- Vending machines prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. outdoors
Vending machines may not be placed outside of a wholly enclosed building or shelter.
Signage
- Maximum facade sign area per linear foot of building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.2 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 perpendicular sign projection4 ft
Perpendicular signs may not project more than four feet from the building facade
- 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 duration of temporary window sign30 days
Temporary window signs may not stay up for more than 30 days at one time
- Maximum number of temporary window signs per year4 count
there may be no more than four such signs posted in any one calendar year.
A-frame or sandwich board signs; Billboards; Signs which involve motion or rotation; Signs generating amplified sound; Standards, banners, flags, streamers; Exposed neon; Shopping center style directory signs.
- Real estate sign placement
Real estate, 'for sale' and 'for rent' signs may only be placed in the windows of the building to which the signs pertain.
Signs may not be placed or erected upon the roof of any building.
From the ordinance
A total of two square feet of facade signage is permitted for each linear foot of building frontage. Such sign area is to be shared by all tenants or tenant spaces within the building.