C-4
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
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 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.
Landscaping & trees
- 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.
- Minimum planting strip width1.5 ft
Whenever 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-4 area property lines adjacent to the street ... 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.
- Parkway trees required
Trees, approved as to number and type by the Landscape Supervisor, shall be planted in the parkway area between the curbs and sidewalks.
Other
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 ratio3 ratio
A depth not more than three (3) times the amount of the actual street frontage of such lot.
- Minimum ingress/egress spacing (limited access highway)600 ft
Ingress and egress roads leading onto a limited access highway shall be located at intervals not less than six hundred (600') feet apart.
- Minimum ingress/egress spacing (other public road)300 ft
Ingress roads leading onto any other public road, street, or highway shall be located at intervals not less than three hundred (300') feet apart.
- Minimum ingress/egress spacing (service road)100 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.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. 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.
- Open storage only incidental
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.
- Construction sequence required
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.
- Service road required
Frontage or interior service roads shall be provided to serve such C-4 area.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from R property10 ft
No structure shall be located ... less than within ten (10') feet of any boundary line of abutting R property.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from R property (heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. >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.
From the ordinance
Buildings and other structures shall not occupy more than 25% of the area... No structure shall be located less than 100 feet from the center line of any public road...