OS
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right15
Conditional / special use6
- public utility facilities and structures
- public parks and playgrounds
- golf courses, including clubhouses and ancillary facilities
- cemeteries
- wireless telecommunications facilities
- accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to any permitted or conditional use
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within corner cutoff area3 ft
Nothing in excess of three feet in height, including landscaping, may be located within the corner cutoff.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.4 ft
No fence, wall or hedge over four feet in height shall be permitted in any required front yard or in the required street side of a corner lot.
Landscaping & trees
- Landscaping of all non-impervious areas
All portions of a lot within the open space district not devoted to buildings, parking driveways, walkways, structures or other impervious facilities shall be landscaped and irrigated.
Other
- Off-street loading spaces required by gross floor area
Off-street loading facilities for projects within the open space district shall be provided as follows: Less than 30,000 sq ft: 0; 30,000 to 50,000: 1; More than 50,000: 2.
- Maximum architectural projection into required yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.30 in
Architectural projections, which do not provide additional floor area, into any required yard shall not exceed thirty inches.
- Minimum loading space length25 ft
Required loading spaces shall not be less than ten feet in width and twenty-five feet in length.
- Minimum loading space width10 ft
Required loading spaces shall not be less than ten feet in width and twenty-five feet in length.
- Landscaped buffer adjacent to residential districts10 ft
A ten-foot landscaped and irrigated buffer shall be provided along the boundary between the open space and residential districts.
- Minimum trash enclosure area per building area5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per 1000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The size of the enclosure(s) shall be determined by the planning director based upon the size and nature of the facility proposed but shall not be less than five square feet per one thousand square feet of building area with dimensions not less than five feet by six feet.
- Minimum trash enclosure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 ft
The trash and recyclable materials enclosure(s) shall be constructed of solid masonry walls and shall not be less than five feet in height with solid metal panel gates equipped with self-closing devices.
- Transportation improvements for nonresidential development
Nonresidential development comprising twenty-five thousand square feet or more of building area shall provide a bulletin board, display case or kiosk displaying transportation information and sidewalks or other designated pathways following direct and safe routes.
From the ordinance
All uses within the open space district shall comply with the performance standards set forth in Chapter 20.74 (Performance Standards) of this title.