Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Permitted only on land designated as downtown commercial land use in the adopted comprehensive planComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law.
Uses
Permitted by right18
- student designed dwellings
- bake shops
- banks and financial institutions
- convenience service establishments
- convenience stores
- fitness studios
- medical and dental offices and clinics
- museums and art galleries
- offices
- parking garages
- printing and photocopying shops
- restaurants
- retail sales establishments
- storage of materials and supplies incidental to permitted use
- off-street parking and loading areas
- signs
- accessory uses
- home occupations
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for cupolas, spires, steeples90 ft
Cupolas, spires and steeples may be erected to a height of 90 feet above grade, and may extend higher if a special exception is approved by the board of zoning appeals.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.45 ft
Height may be increased to 45 feet with a special use permit approved by city council.
- Parapet wall maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls shall not exceed the building height by more than four feet.
Other
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. occupancy4 persons
The permitted dwelling unit occupancy in the planned development college district PDC is as follows: 1. No more than four persons.
From the ordinance
Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet from grade except that height may be increased to 45 feet with a special use permit approved by city council.