22.418.090
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Florence-Firestone TOD MU-T, MU-3, MXD, MU-2, MU-1, IX, RSS, and RM Zone areas
Extracted standards
41 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Fifth story maximum coverage for mixed use50 pct
Mixed Use Zone development: limited to 50 percent of the ground floor area.
- Fifth story maximum coverage for residential75 pct
Residential Zone developments: limited to 75 percent of ground floor area.
Lighting
- Fully shielded fixtures required
Fully shielded fixtures shall be used for exterior and directional lighting to prevent light trespass to adjacent Residential Zones or sensitive uses.
Other
- Minimum building break length20 ft
Buildings that exceed 100 feet in length along any street frontage shall include a break of at least 10 percent of the façade length or 20 feet, whichever is more.
- Minimum building break percentage10 pct
Buildings that exceed 100 feet in length along any street frontage shall include a break of at least 10 percent of the façade length or 20 feet, whichever is more.
- Clear path width4 ft
A clear path of travel measuring four feet shall be maintained at all times.
- Fence support spacing5 ft
Vertical support elements maintain a minimum distance of five feet apart.
- Fence transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.42 in
Fences shall be open and non-view obscuring for portions greater than 42 inches in height.
- Ground floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for mixed use and non-residential60 pct
Mixed use and non-residential buildings shall provide a minimum transparency of 60 percent of the ground floor.
- IX zone transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.30 pct
Buildings in the IX Zone shall have a minimum transparency of 30 percent of the street elevation.
- Maximum blank wall length20 ft
Within the MU and IX zones, a maximum of 20 feet in length of windowless expanses of walls on a street-facing façade is allowed.
- Maximum mirrored or densely tinted glass20 pct
A maximum of 20 percent of the building façade shall consist of mirrored or densely tinted glass.
- Maximum obscured transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.10 pct
Blinds, drapes, posters, and shelving for product displays visible to the public ROW shall obscure no more than 10 percent of the transparent areas of each respective storefront.
- Maximum roof deck coverage50 pct
The sum of all roof decks shall cover no more than one-half of the roof area.
- Maximum standard concrete in common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 pct
A maximum of 25 percent of Common Open Space may be paved in standard concrete.
- Minimum 3-bedroom units percentage20 pct
All RSS Zone residential developments, including 10 or more units, shall be required to provide 20 percent of the total units as 3-bedroom units.
- Minimum architectural elements3 count
Parcels with 40 feet or less of street frontage shall provide a minimum of three architectural elements.
- Additional architectural elements for longer frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
Parcels with greater than 40 feet of street frontage shall provide a minimum of three architectural elements, plus one additional architectural element for each segment, or a portion, of 40 feet of frontage.
- Minimum planted area in common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 pct
A minimum of 25 percent of the Common Open Space shall be planted areas of at least 30 inches in each direction.
- Minimum roofline variation3 ft
Rooflines/heights shall vary by a minimum of three feet to satisfy this standard.
- Non-residential ground floor minimum depth35 ft
Non-residential uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum interior depth of 35 feet.
- Outdoor dining minimum public realm width10 ft
Outdoor dining shall be permitted where an effective public realm width of 10 feet or greater is provided through a combination of public ROW and private setback.
- Primary entrance required
All buildings shall have at least one primary entrance opening onto the sidewalk of the primary corridor frontage or frontage with the greatest ROW width.
- Public open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. minimum area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum area of 400 square feet with a dimension of at least 20 feet in each direction is required for Public Open Space.
- Public open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. minimum dimension20 ft
A minimum area of 400 square feet with a dimension of at least 20 feet in each direction is required for Public Open Space.
- Residential building transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.30 pct
Residential buildings in MU zones shall provide a minimum transparency of 30 percent of the street elevation on all floors.
- Minimum retail width on ground floor20 ft
The width of the street-facing retail component of the ground floor within a mixed-use development shall be a minimum of 20 feet.
- Roof deck distance from R-1 or R-2 zone50 ft
Roof decks shall be set back five feet from the building edge on all sides and shall not be located within 50 feet of an R-1 or R-2 Zone.
- Roof deck setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from building edge5 ft
Roof decks shall be set back five feet from the building edge on all sides and shall not be located within 50 feet of an R-1 or R-2 Zone.
- Shade structure vertical clearance8 ft
Shade structures shall allow at least eight feet of vertical clearance from sidewalk elevation.
- Shade structure maximum projection10 ft
Minimum four-foot projection, maximum 10-foot projection allowed.
- Shade structure minimum projection4 ft
Minimum four-foot projection, maximum 10-foot projection allowed.
- Street tree requirement1 tree per 30 ft
One street tree shall be required per every 30 feet of street frontage measured from the center of the tree well.
- Trees per 800 square feetsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. of public open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.2 trees per 800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of two trees shall be planted for every 800 square feet of public open space.
- Unit replacement required
All residential and mixed use development shall be required to replace or exceed the number of units on-site for all renovations, conversions, or new development.
- Upper story transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.30 pct
All buildings shall provide a minimum transparency of 30 percent for all upper stories.
- Wall plane offset percentage25 pct
Street-facing elevations over 50 feet in length shall include wall plane offsets equal to a minimum of 25 percent of the wall plane area above the ground floor.
- Window recess from façade2 in
Windows shall be recessed by at least two inches from the façade.
Setback
- Balcony minimum distance from interior property line3 ft
Balconies may project up to four feet into a street setback (but not into the public ROW) and no closer than three feet to an interior property line.
- Balcony projection into street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.4 ft
Balconies may project up to four feet into a street setback (but not into the public ROW) and no closer than three feet to an interior property line.
All upper stories are permitted to utilize a zero-foot setback from the property line unless a stepback is required.
From the ordinance
The standards of this Section are applicable to all structures and uses in the Florence-Firestone TOD MU-T, MU-3, MXD, MU-2, MU-1, IX, RSS, and RM Zone areas unless otherwise stated.