22.412.060
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Housing
Uses
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Wall design features for long sections
Wall sections greater than 50 feet in length fronting a street shall incorporate at least two of: two-foot change in horizontal plane for at least 10 feet; 18-inch change in height for at least 10 feet; 18-inch-high raised planter for at least half the length; pilasters at 25-foot maximum intervals.
Other
- Screening of utility and mechanical equipment
All ground, wall, and roof-mounted equipment shall be screened from public view. Screening elements shall be an integral part of the building.
- Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.1.5 ratio
The maximum FAR in the Drew Educational Zone shall be 1.5.
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.75 ft
The maximum building height shall be 75 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. fronting Compton Avenue50 ft
New development fronting Compton Avenue shall be limited to 50 feet for the first 100 feet from the property line fronting Compton Avenue.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./du
50 square feet per dwelling unit of common open space area with a minimum dimension of 25 feet.
- Minimum landscaped area20 pct
A minimum of 20 percent of the lot shall be landscaped with trees, ground cover, shrubbery, and flowers. Parking lot landscaping does not count.
- Minimum private open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./du
50 square feet per dwelling unit of private open space area with a minimum dimension of five feet.
- Minimum street-fronting yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. depths
The minimum street-fronting yard depths shall be 15 feet from Compton Avenue and 10 feet from East 118th Street, East 120th Street, and Holmes Avenue.
- Minimum pedestrian walkway width4 ft
Pedestrian walkways shall be a minimum of four feet in width. The use of asphalt for paving walkways is prohibited.
- On-site vehicular maneuvering
Vehicular access, drives, and circulation routes shall be designed so that all movements involved in parking, loading, or turning shall occur on-site and not within the public right-of-way.
Parking
- Parking lot design
Parking areas shall be designed with end-stall turnarounds or a continuous circulation pattern. Parking is not permitted in the required street-fronting yard. Continuous concrete curbs as wheel stops where parking adjoins landscaping. Parking areas separated from buildings by walkway/landscape strip. Separate parking facilities for residential and institutional uses.
From the ordinance
The land use regulations for the IT Zone shall apply with additions: student/faculty housing permitted; restaurant/retail ancillary. Max height 75 ft (50 ft fronting Compton for first 100 ft), FAR 1.5, required yards 15 ft from Compton, 10 ft from others.