Preliminary section (large project requirements)
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Multi-story building orientation
Where multi-story buildings are to be utilized on lots abutting residentially zoned properties, such buildings shall be located or oriented in a manner which will minimize visual intrusion into neighboring residentially zoned property.
Lighting
- Lighting directed away from residential
Artificial lighting used to illuminate the premises shall be directed away from adjacent residentially zoned properties.
Other
- Buffering wall when abutting residential
When abutting residentially zoned property a masonry wall of not less than 5 nor greater than 6 feet in height shall be provided at the property line... modified to max 42 inches within 10 feet of street/highway/alley.
- Large project thresholds
Construction of a hospital of 500 or more beds, or expansion by 20%; post-secondary school for 3,000+ students; hotels/motels with 500+ rooms; industrial plants employing >1,000 persons or >40 acres or >650,000 sq ft; office buildings >1,000 employees or >250,000 sq ft; shopping centers >1,000 employees or >500,000 sq ft; sports facilities accommodating >4,000 persons or >1,500 seats; transit projects.
- Trees for interface
Trees shall be utilized as a means of improving the interface between commercial and residential uses where appropriate.
Signage
- No signs intruding into residential
No signs shall be placed in a manner which visually intrudes into adjoining residentially zoned property.
From the ordinance
Construction of a hospital of 500 or more beds... When adjacent to residentially zoned property, the following requirements shall also be applied: Artificial lighting... multi-story buildings... No signs... Trees... Buffering wall...