Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Colorado Boulevard north side; Holly Street between Marengo and Garfield Avenues; Garfield Avenue between Ramona and Union Streets.
Extracted standards
30 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- Minimum entrance recess from sidewalk line30 in
All entrances shall be recessed a minimum of 30 inches from the sidewalk line.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for elevated ground floor residential units8 ft
Where elevated between 4 and 6 feet above the sidewalk elevation, a minimum setback of 8 feet shall be required.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for ground floor residential units5 ft
Residential units on the ground floor, where permitted, shall have a minimum setback of 5 feet.
- Ground floor residential prohibition distance from sidewalk35 ft
Residential units on the ground floor shall be prohibited within 35 feet of the sidewalk line
- Minimum ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Buildings shall have a minimum ground floor height of 15 feet
- Minimum ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for residential with setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. >=10 ft12 ft
Ground floor residential uses with a setback of 10 feet or greater shall have a minimum ground floor height of 12 feet.
Other
- Minimum arcade depth from back of column to façade8 ft
Arcades shall be a minimum of 8 feet from back of column to building façade.
- Maximum balcony projection from façade4 ft
Balconies may project a maximum of 4 feet from the building façade
- Minimum distance from interior property line for balconies6 ft
shall not extend beyond the sidewalk line or within 6 feet of any interior property line.
- Maximum blank wall length20 ft
Windowless expanses of street-facing walls shall not exceed 20 feet in length.
- Maximum shade structure projection on Colorado Boulevard10 ft
up to a maximum of 10 feet
- Minimum building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. with shade structures on Colorado Boulevard70 pct
for a minimum of 70 percent of the building frontage
- Minimum shade structure projection on Colorado Boulevard7 ft
For projects on the north side of Colorado Boulevard, shade structures are required and shall project a minimum of 7 feet
- Maximum spacing of façade lighting30 ft
Lighting shall be located on façades facing streets and public open spaces at a frequency of every 30 feet or less.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of façade lighting fixtures15 ft
Fixtures shall be located between 8 and 15 feet above the sidewalk elevation
- Maximum projection of façade lighting from façade30 in
shall not project more than 30 inches from the façade.
- Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of façade lighting fixtures8 ft
Fixtures shall be located between 8 and 15 feet above the sidewalk elevation
- Minimum vertical clearance for galleries10 ft
Galleries shall allow a minimum of 10 feet of vertical clearance from the sidewalk elevation.
- Minimum ground floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.70 pct
The minimum transparency requirement is 70 percent for ground floors
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of walls and fences48 in
Walls and fences shall have a maximum height of 48 inches above the sidewalk elevation.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for outdoor dining walls at sidewalk line36 in
if the wall or fence is 36 inches or less and more than 50 percent transparent.
- Minimum overall façade transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.30 pct
30 percent for the overall façade
- Minimum transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for residential units15 pct
For residential units, transparency requirements are reduced to 15 percent each for ground floor and the overall façade.
- Maximum roof deck coverage of roof area60 pct
The sum of all roof decks on a single building shall not exceed a maximum coverage of 60 percent of the roof area.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for roof deck railings on uppermost 2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.5 ft
Roof deck railings on the uppermost 2 stories shall be set back a minimum of 5 feet from the façade.
- Minimum vertical clearance for shade structures8 ft
allow a minimum of 8 feet of vertical clearance from the sidewalk elevation.
- Minimum shade structure projection from façade3 ft
Any ground floor shading shall project a minimum of 3 feet from the façade
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for walls and fences taller than 30 inches18 in
set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. threshold for transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. and setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. requirements30 in
Walls and fences taller than 30 inches shall be a minimum of 50 percent transparent and set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line.
- Minimum window recess from outside wall3 in
Windows shall be recessed by a minimum of 3 inches
From the ordinance
Frontage standards: ground floor uses, transparency, walls, balconies, etc.