Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use25
- park and recreation facilities
- filming, long-term
- neighborhood garden
- Park and recreation facilities
- Alcohol sales - Beer and wine
- Alcohol sales - Full alcohol sales
- with live entertainment
- Convenience stores
- Liquor stores
- Drive-through business - Nonrestaurants
- Drive-through business - Restaurants
- Filming, long-term
- Life/care facilities
- Recycling centers - Small collection facilities
- Alternative fuel/recharging facilities (7, 8, 9)
- Commercial off-street parking (7, 9)
- Wireless telecommunications facilities, major
- Dormitories
- Fraternity/sorority housing
- Residential accessory uses and structures
- Residential care, general
- Senior affordable housing
- Colleges - Nontraditional campus setting
- Colleges - Traditional campus setting
- Commercial recreation - Outdoor
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
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Other
- Building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. at front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.50 pct
On sites with 60 feet or more of street frontage, at least 50 percent of the site width shall be occupied by building volume at the front setback.
- Building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. at front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (small sites)40 pct
On sites with less than 60 feet of street frontage, at least 40 percent of the site width shall be occupied by building volume at the front setback.
- Maximum facade length along street60 ft
No facade along the street may be longer than 60 feet.
- Light and air separation for major windows15 ft
When new construction faces major windows or doors in existing structures on an adjacent lot, or a new wall is proposed to contain major windows or doors, the minimum building separation shall be 15 feet, for a minimum of three feet beyond each side of the width of the window or door at all stories.
- Light and air separation for minor windows10 ft
When new construction faces minor windows in existing structures on an adjacent lot, or a new wall is proposed to contain minor windows, the minimum separation shall be 10 feet for a minimum three feet beyond each side of the width of the window at all stories.
- Main garden enclosure percentage50 pct
On sites with 60 feet or more of street frontage, buildings shall enclose the garden for at least 50 percent of its perimeter.
- Main garden enclosure percentage (small sites)40 pct
On sites with less than 60 feet of street frontage, buildings shall enclose the garden for at least 40 percent of its perimeter.
- Main garden minimum dimension20 ft
The main garden shall be a rectangular shape and shall have a minimum dimension of 20 feet in either direction.
- Main garden perimeter bounded by building/landscape75 pct
On all sites, at least 75 percent of the main garden's perimeter shall be bounded by building walls, architectural elements such as low walls or trellises, or linear landscape elements such as hedges or rows of trees.
- Main garden planting percentage50 pct
At least 50 percent of the main garden shall be planted.
- Side separation from adjacent lots15 ft
Proposed structures shall be set back from buildings on adjacent lots along the side property line by a minimum of 15 feet, from the sidewalk across the property frontage to a minimum of 40 feet behind the front setback line.
- Minimum site width occupied by building/landscape70 pct
At least 70 percent of the width of a site must be occupied by building volume, other architectural elements such as low walls and trellises, or linear landscape elements such as hedges or rows of trees.
Setback
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjoining RS districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.5 ft
Principal and accessory structures shall be setback a minimum of 5 feet along an interior side yard that is adjoining an RS district.
From the ordinance
The following minimum standards for building setbacks apply... minimum front setback shall be 20 feet. In the RM-16 district... maximum height of structures is 23 feet to the top plate and 32 feet to the highest ridge line.