Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Minimum interior setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from PS or RM zoning15 ft
Buildings shall be set back a minimum of 15 feet from an interior property line that is adjacent to a PS or RM zoning district.
- Threshold for Publicly Accessible Open SpaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. requirement80,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Projects with more than 80,000 square feet of gross floor area (GFA) shall provide Publicly Accessible Open Space per Table ECSP-8 and Figure ECSP-20.
- Minimum parkway length as percentage of street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.60 pct
In EC-RM-32, parkway length shall be no less than 60 percent of street frontage, unless approved by the Director of Public Works.
- Minimum uncompacted root zone volume per street tree800 cuft
Each street tree shall be provided with an uncompacted root zone volume of 800 cubic feet minimum.
- Street tree spacing30 ft
Street trees shall be planted at a spacing of one per 30 feet.
- Minimum percentage of 3-bedroom units for projects west of Hill Avenue with 50+ units20 pct
For projects west of Hill Avenue with 50 dwelling units or more, inclusive of any density bonus, at least 20 percent of the total number of units shall have a minimum of 3 bedrooms.
- Maximum percentage of building footprint that may exceed heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit with varied roof lines30 pct
A maximum of 30 percent of a building's footprint may exceed the height limit set in Figure ECSP-7 by up to 12 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase for varied roof lines12 ft
A maximum of 30 percent of a building's footprint may exceed the height limit set in Figure ECSP-7 by up to 12 feet.
From the ordinance
Maintain the current uses and protect the existing residential character of the neighborhood.