Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right32
- Educational facilities for the training of interns, nurses and allied health personnel
- Day nursery and day care centers
- Diagnostic laboratories serving the medical or dental profession
- Housing: including - dormitories for medical and dental interns, nurses, and allied health personnel
- Fire and rescue squad stations
- Helipad and Heliport for medical helicopters to serve main hospital structure
- Bus stops and transit facilities
- General hospitals and specialty hospitals, including but not limited to pediatrics, obstetrics, comprehensive medical rehabilitation, hospices, psychiatric, and other specialty hospitals serving the medical profession
- Emergency and critical care facilities
- Institutions of higher education, including colleges and universities
- Medical research facilities
- Medical and dental offices and clinics
- Nursing homes and rest homes, and assisted living facilities
- Churches and places of religious worship
- Pharmaceutical centers
- Parking garages
- Personal service and retail establishments (inclusive of banks and branch banks) serving the District when located either within the main hospital structure or in a physically contiguous structure to the main hospital
- Office for not-for-profit agencies
- Outpatient treatment centers including day surgery centers
- Light manufacturing facilities, with no outdoor storage or display, devoted to fabrication, production, assembly and distribution of hospital-related medical and dental equipment and devices
- Accessory uses as defined, to include automatic bank teller machines, hospital laundry, hospital service buildings, warehousing, maintenance and materials management buildings for medical center use
- Off-Street Parking Areas as defined in Section 18-6 of this Ordinance for permitted and conditional uses in the MC District and access drives for permitted and conditional uses in the B-2, B-1, CM-1, M-1, M-2, and HE-1 Districts in accordance with Section 18-6 of this Ordinance
- Signs in accordance with Section 18-8 of this Ordinance
- Restaurants serving primarily (but not limited to) persons or families of persons using the services and facilities of the District
- Conference facilities
- Wellness and Fitness Center, as defined
- Housing for the elderly and handicapped and Adult Care Residences
- Halfway houses and drug or alcohol treatment centers
- Professional offices
- Lodging facilities, such as hotels and motels, with or without related dining facilities serving primarily but not limited to persons or families of persons using the services and facilities of the District
- Group Home
- Wireless facilities and wireless support structures eligible for administrative review per Section 18-30-4
Conditional / special use3
- Helipad and heliport for medical helicopters to serve structures within the District other than the main hospital structure
- Personal service and retail establishments (including banks and branch banks; but not including alternative financial institutions, as defined in Article 1) serving the District when located within freestanding structures not physically connected to the main hospital structure
- Wireless facilities and wireless support structures not eligible for administrative review
Extracted standards
22 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennas, radio aerials, and equipment penthouses are exempt from these height requirements.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for non-residential buildings90 ft
Buildings, other than residential or lodging structures, may be erected up to 90 feet, provided that the setback, side, and rear yard requirements, where applicable, shall be increased one foot for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for residential or lodging structures70 ft
Residential or lodging structures may be erected up to a maximum of 70 feet, provided that the setback, side, and rear yard requirements, where applicable, shall be increased one foot for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
Other
- Building separation ratio
Where individual structures are not physically connected by common party walls, linking structures, or other architectural unit, then such structures shall be located no closer to each other than a horizontal distance derived from the ratio of one foot in horizontal distance for every one foot in building height of the taller structure.
- Corner side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from private collector street40 ft
For all uses facing on a private street used as a collector in the District: 40 feet or more.
- Corner side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street35 ft
For all uses facing on a public street: 35 feet or more.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from private street45 ft
Forty-five feet from any private street (measured to the outside edge of pavement) which functions in lieu of a public street as a major traffic collector for the District.
- Heliport/helipad distance from R-district200 ft
Heliports and helipads shall not be located closer than 200 feet to any R-District.
- Heliport FAA compliance
Heliports and helipads are to be designed, sited and constructed in accordance with all applicable FAA regulations and development criteria
- Minimum landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. ratio0.2 ratio
The minimum landscaped open space in any District shall not be less than 0.20 times the gross acreage of the district
- Landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. use restriction
Such landscaped open space shall not be open to vehicles, and shall be used to buffer adjoining R-districts from the impacts of the operation of District land uses.
- Landscaping implementation schedule
All open space and landscaping improvements shall be specifically included in the development schedule for each District land use and shall be constructed and fully improved by the developer at an equivalent or greater rate for each site development activity than the total open space requirement for the entire District.
- Private streets permitted
Private streets may be permitted in the District provided that their design and construction standards are approved by the City Engineer and that adequate provisions are made for their maintenance.
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting R-district35 ft
when such use abuts a R-district, there shall be a minimum rear yard of 35 feet provided that the rear yard abutting the R-district shall not be less than the horizontal distance derived for the ratio of one foot in horizontal distance for every one foot in building height of structure.
- Service building screening
Maintenance and vehicular service buildings shall be fully screened, landscaped and/or fenced to limit views to the general public.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting R-district50 ft
when such use abuts a R-district, there shall be a minimum side yard of 50 feet, provided that the side yard abutting the R-district shall not be less than the horizontal distance derived from the ratio of one foot in horizontal distance for every one foot in building height of structure.
- Subdivision variations
Variations from the regulations in the Land Subdivision Ordinance pertaining to streets, lots, and blocks may be granted by the Commission when it can be clearly demonstrated that: a. Safe and convenient access will be provided ... b. Adequate access and circulation for emergency and service vehicles will be provided ... c. Principal access points will be designed to permit smooth traffic flow and minimum hazards to vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.
- Utility screening requirement
appurtenances to these systems must be effectively screened
- Waiver of area and yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. regulations
Uses requiring waiver of area and yard regulations may be granted at time of site plan or development plan application in such instances where the Planning Commission deems such waiver would be in furtherance of the site planning objectives and overall intent of the District.
- Waiver of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. regulations
Uses requiring waiver of height regulations may be granted at time of site plan or development plan application in such instances where the Planning Commission deems such waiver would be in furtherance of the site planning objectives and overall intent of the District.
- Waiver of parking and loading regulations
Uses requiring waiver of parking and loading regulations may be granted at time of site plan or development plan application in such instances where the Planning Commission deems such waiver would be compatible with the Development Plan (as per Sections 15.1-11-2(d) and (e) of this Article) as well as the overall intent of the District to provide for efficient parking and vehicular distribution.
- Waiver of width and setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. regulations
Uses requiring waiver of width and setback regulations may be granted at time of site plan or development plan application in such instances where the Planning Commission deems such waiver would be in furtherance of the site planning objectives and overall intent of the District.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area ... shall be 20,000 square feet ... The minimum lot width ... shall be 100 feet. Structures shall be located at least: a. Thirty-five feet from any public street ... The minimum width of each side yard ... shall be 25 feet ... Each main structure shall have a rear yard of at least 25 feet ... Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet from grade ... The minimum landscaped open space ... shall not be less than 0.20 times the gross acreage
Use details
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"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Ambulance service and maintenance facilities, provided that such shall be sited no closer than 100 feet from any R-district",
"Durable medical equipment facilities and services; intended for the retail and wholesale and distribution, repair and servicing, and storage of medical, dental, optical and surgical supplies (inclusive of home oxygen services); provided that there shall be no outdoor storage or display",
"Public utilities, such as distribution transformers, pipes, meters, water and sewer lines, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, and pump stations (appurtenances to these systems must be effectively screened)",
"On-site, freestanding utility system substations (such as heating and cooling plants, pump stations, and related electro-mechanical systems), provided that such shall be sited no closer than 100 feet from any R-district",
"Recreational facilities (indoor and outdoor), excluding those otherwise permitted and authorized for temporary events, intended for the primary semi-private use of doctors, hospital staff, in- and out-patients to the District and families and guests, provided that such facilities are in keeping with the stated objectives of the District"
]
}
}