Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Permitted only on land designated as urban residential land use in the adopted comprehensive planComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law.; minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size 2.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Uses
Permitted by right8
- multifamily dwellings
- student designed dwellings
- playgrounds, parks and unlighted athletic fields owned/operated by City
- recreational uses including clubhouses, pools, tennis courts
- off-street parking and loading areas
- signs
- accessory uses
- home occupations
Extracted standards
5 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.
- 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 unrelated persons in 2+ bedroom unit4 persons
No more than four unrelated persons in a two or more bedroom dwelling unit
- Maximum unrelated persons in efficiency/1BR unit2 persons
No more than two unrelated persons in an efficiency or one bedroom dwelling unit
- Minimum landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.20 pct
At least 20 percent of the total land area of the lot shall be landscaped open space.
From the ordinance
Buildings may be erected up to 45 feet from grade except that stair towers, equipment penthouses, mechanical equipment and screening walls are exempt from the height limitations...