C-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 100 ft
Uses
Extracted standards
23 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. per Article 25
Structure heights within the C-3 Zone shall be as set forth in Section 9-4.2501 of Article 25 of this chapter.
Other
- Construction sequence submission
The applicant shall submit a construction sequence for the land covered by the permit showing the order in which particular structures and facilities will be constructed, and, upon approval of the sequence, the applicant shall not deviate from such sequence without written approval by the Community Development Director.
- Ingress/egress road spacing on limited access highway600 ft
Ingress and egress roads leading onto a limited access highway shall be located at intervals not less than six hundred (600') feet apart.
- Ingress/egress road spacing on other public roads300 ft
Ingress and egress roads leading onto any other public road, street, or highway shall be located at intervals not less than three hundred (300') feet apart...
- Ingress/egress road spacing on service road100 ft
except when such road, street, or highway is designed as a service road for any adjacent commercial area, the ingress and egress roads shall be located at intervals not less than one hundred (100') feet apart.
- Maximum building coverage25 pct
Buildings and other structures shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the area for which the development permit is issued.
- Maximum lot depth to frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. ratio3 ratio
depth not more than three (3) times the amount of the actual street frontage
- Maximum shopping center site area40 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Each community shopping center site shall consist of a minimum of ten (10) acres and up to a maximum of forty (40) acres.
- Minimum distance from R zone boundary (structure ≤25 ft)10 ft
No structure shall be located ... less than within ten (10') feet of any boundary line of abutting R property...
- Minimum distance from R zone boundary (structure >25 ft)20 ft
except when the structure height exceeds twenty-five (25') feet, it shall be located not less than twenty (20') feet from any such boundary line.
- Minimum distance from road centerline100 ft
No structure shall be located less than one hundred (100') feet from the center line of any public road, street, or highway...
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Every lot created on or after September 5, 1969, shall have a minimum street frontage of one hundred (100') feet and a minimum lot area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet;
- Minimum lot depth100 ft
Every lot created on or after September 5, 1969, shall have a depth at least equal to the required street frontage of such lot (except the required frontage along limited or controlled access highways) and a depth not more than three (3) times the amount of the actual street frontage of such lot.
- Minimum street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.100 ft
Every lot created on or after September 5, 1969, shall have a minimum street frontage of one hundred (100') feet...
- Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. on limited access highway600 ft
any lot having frontage on a limited or controlled access highway shall have a minimum frontage of six hundred (600') feet unless; (1) All access rights ... or (2) A special use permit for an automobile service station...
- Minimum planting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in strip2.5 ft
within which plantings shall be maintained at a minimum height of two and one-half (2-1/2') feet
- Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. along R zones6 ft
Whenever the parking and circulation area abuts property in an R Zone, there shall be erected along the property line abutting the R Zone a solid fence or wall six (6') feet in height, or an evergreen hedge shall be planted and maintained at a height of six (6') feet.
- Minimum shopping center site area10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Each community shopping center site shall consist of a minimum of ten (10) acres and up to a maximum of forty (40) acres.
- Open storage incidental to permitted use
The open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only when incidental to the permitted use of an office, store, or other building located on the front portion of the same lot; provided, however, such storage area shall be approved and shown on the plot plan.
- Trees in parkway
Trees, approved as to number and type by the Landscape Supervisor, shall be planted in the parkway area between the curbs and sidewalks.
- Planting strip width along street1.5 ft
Wherever the parking or circulation area abuts a public street and the property across such street is zoned for residential uses, there shall be provided along the C-3 area property lines adjacent to the street, except within the approved exit and entrance ways, a planting strip one and one-half (1-1/2') feet wide within which plantings shall be maintained at a minimum height of two and one-half (2-1/2') feet; provided, however, where sight distance may be impaired, the Community Development Director may permit a lesser height requirement. Appropriate wheel blocks shall be installed along the parking area sides of the planting strip.
- FrontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. or interior service roads
Frontage or interior service roads shall be provided to serve such C-3 area.
Parking
- Parking area improvement
The remaining area shall be used for automobile parking and circulation and shall be completely improved, surfaced, and marked for such purpose.
From the ordinance
Buildings and other structures shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the area for which the development permit is issued.