Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Servicing
- Applies near
- Richmond Road
- Geographic extent
- Permitted only in B-2 and B-4 zoning districts, excluding properties directly adjacent to Richmond Road
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
13 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 number of adaptive housing facilities5 facilities
the total number of adaptive housing facilities allowed shall be limited to no more than five in the Planned Development Housing District (PDH)
- Maximum adaptive housing units citywide400 units
No more than a total of 400 adaptive housing units shall be permitted in the city
- Maximum adaptive housing units per facility100 units
there shall be no more than 100 units in an individual adaptive housing facility
- Maximum Area Median Income for affordability80 pct
Rents must be affordable to households with incomes at or below 80% of Area Median Income (AMI)
- Maximum persons in 2+ bedroom unit5 persons
No more than five persons in a two or more bedroom unit
- Maximum persons in efficiency/1BR unit3 persons
No more than three persons in an efficiency or one bedroom unit
- Maximum rent as percentage of income30 pct
rents may not exceed 30% of income calculated using 80% of AMI
- 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.
- Minimum percentage of studio units75 pct
Allows seventy-five percent (75%) of units, post conversion, to be studio and the remaining a mix of one and two-bedroom units.
- Transitional screening width35 ft
A landscaped open space area for transitional screening at least 35 feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in a residential zoning district or to the Colonial Parkway
- Transitional screening width for Second Street10 ft
A landscaped open space area for transitional screening at least ten feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in a residential zoning district for lots fronting on Second Street between Page Street and Parkway Drive.
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...