22.416.110
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Three-family
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right18
- Mixed use developments
- Multi-family housing (including existing apartment houses nonconforming due to standards)
- Interim and supportive housing
- Art and cultural facility
- Churches, temples, and other places of worship
- Park, open space, and playground
- Bakery, coffee house/café, delicatessen/cafeteria
- Bank and financial institution
- Commercial recreational facility
- Grocery stores/supermarkets
- Health clubs/gymnasiums
- Hotel
- Medical/dental office
- Movie theater
- Professional office
- Retail, sale of new goods only
- Restaurant, family, specialty, without drive-through lanes
- Theater, including live performance
Conditional / special use3
- Fire station
- Alcoholic beverage sales, for on-site consumption — incidental to restaurants and other eating establishments
- Childcare facility or nursery school
Accessory8
Prohibited16
- Townhouses
- Two-family residences
- Single-family residences
- Alcoholic beverage sales, for off-site consumption — liquor store
- Alcoholic beverage sales, for on-site consumption — bars and cocktail lounges
- Alternative financial service
- Amusement rides and devices
- Automobile battery and repair shops
- Automobile service station
- Drive-through establishments and drive-through lanes
- Check cashing, auto title loans, short-term lending
- Parking lots and parking garages as primary use
- Pawn shops
- Smoking-oriented, tobacco, pipe, and vape shop
- Vehicle-related uses, including sales, rentals, storage, washing, and services
- Wholesale
Extracted standards
22 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Corner entrances at key intersections
New development at the intersections of Vermont Avenue and Imperial Highway and Western Avenue and Imperial Highway shall provide an articulated corner entrance or articulated entrances oriented toward each street.
- Minimum transparent glass on nonresidential street-level frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.50 pct
At least 50 percent of a nonresidential street-level frontage shall consist of transparent glass windows or doors.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. glass types
Mirrored, highly reflective, or densely tinted glass shall be prohibited.
Rough-coat stucco is prohibited.
- Minimum windows on residential street-level frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.30 pct
At least 30 percent of a residential street-level frontage shall consist of windows and openings.
- Minimum floor-to-ceiling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for street-level nonresidential uses15 ft
Street-level nonresidential uses shall have a minimum floor-to-ceiling height of 15 feet.
- Minimum windows on upper floors for commercial uses40 pct
On upper floors facing streets, a minimum of 40 percent of building façades for commercial uses shall consist of windows and openings.
- Minimum windows on upper floors for residential uses20 pct
On upper floors facing streets, a minimum of 20 percent for residential uses shall consist of windows and openings.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting requirements
All exterior light fixtures shall be energy efficient; produce warm-white light; avoid light pollution and spill-over; and, with the exception of architectural and landscape lighting, be pedestrian-scaled, shielded, and directed toward the ground. Blinking, flashing, and oscillating lights of any type visible on the exterior are prohibited.
Other
- Minimum dimension for common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.20 ft
Minimum dimension for common open space shall be 20 feet.
- Minimum dimension for internal courtyards40 ft
Internal courtyards and common open space enclosed on three sides shall have a minimum dimension of 40 feet.
- Landscape buffer when abutting single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential lot20 ft
A minimum 20 feet landscape buffer shall be installed.
- Minimum pedestrian walkway width4 ft
Pedestrian walkways shall be a minimum of four feet wide.
- Nonresidential open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for projects two acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or more2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum 2,500 square feet of open space shall be provided on a project site containing two acres or more.
- Nonresidential open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for projects less than two acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum 500 square feet of open space shall be provided on a project site containing less than two acres.
- Minimum dimension for private open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.7 ft
Minimum dimension for private open space shall be seven feet.
- Required 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.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One hundred square feet of open space per dwelling unit shall be provided.
- Utility and mechanical equipment
Utility and mechanical equipment shall be subject to Section 22.416.140.D (Utilities and Mechanical Equipment).
Parking
- Bicycle parking
Bicycle parking shall be provided, as specified in Section 22.416.140.E (Bike Parking and Related Facilities).
- Parking facilities
Parking facilities shall be provided, as specified in Section 22.416.140.F (Parking Facilities).
- Parking structure screening
Parking structures shall be underground or architecturally integrated so as to be screened from view.
Setback
- Third floor step backStep-backA requirement that upper floors be set further back than the floors below. when abutting single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential lot10 ft
The third floor shall be stepped back by a minimum of 10 feet.
From the ordinance
The CSLA MXD-2 Zone is intended to be developed over time as a transit-supportive environment... up to 60 dwelling units per acre.