Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right16
- Any principal use permitted in the R-1 district
- Single-family attached dwellings
- Two-family detached dwellings
- Multifamily dwellings
- Nursing homes
- Day nurseries
- Tourist homes situated on Federal highways
- Parking areas serving uses permitted in this district
- Parking decks serving uses permitted in this district
- Offices, including business, professional and administrative offices, medical and dental offices and clinics, and studios of writers, designers and artists engaged in the graphic arts
- Hospitals, but not psychiatric hospitals for the care of patients committed by a court
- Adult day care facilities
- Short-term rental
- Adult care residences
- Permanent supportive housing
- Transitional housing
Accessory5
- Any accessory use or structure permitted in the R-1 district
- Guest units in multifamily developments
- Incidental uses located within multifamily dwellings, nursing homes and office buildings
- One dwelling unit located in an accessory building, containing two or more stories, which is existing at the effective date
- Emergency housing
Extracted standards
26 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum play area fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
The play area shall be enclosed with a continuous opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height
Height
- Inclined plane heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. restriction
no portion of a building shall penetrate an inclined plane originating at the centerline of an abutting street and extending over the lot at an inclination of one foot horizontal for each two feet vertical along any street frontage where a front yard is required and one foot horizontal for each three feet vertical along other street frontages.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. (existing)
One dwelling unit located in an accessory building, containing two or more stories, which is existing at the effective date of the ordinance from which this subsection is derived and which is located on the same lot as a two-family or multifamily dwelling, provided that emergency vehicle access to the accessory building shall be provided in accordance with requirements of the department of public works and department of fire and emergency services.
- Architectural variations for attached dwellings
Architectural variations shall be provided among units within any series of more than four units
- Common ownership agreements for attached dwellings
Appropriate agreements and covenants approved by the City Attorney provide for the perpetuation and maintenance of all areas to be held in common ownership by property owners within such developments
- Day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. play area location restrictions
A minimum outdoor play area of 100 square feet for each child enrolled shall be furnished on the premises, but not within a required front yard; the play area shall be enclosed with a continuous opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height, and such fence or wall shall not be located within a required front yard; no play equipment or structure shall be located within a front yard or a required side yard
- Emergency housing subject to Section 30-698
Emergency housing, subject to the provisions of Section 30-698
- Hospital access on arterial/collector streets
principal points of vehicular access to the premises shall be located on arterial or collector streets as designated in the City's master plan
- Hospital convenience uses restrictions
Restaurant facilities, automated teller machines and shops for the sale of gifts, flowers, drugs and similar items for the convenience of patients and visitors may be located within hospital buildings, provided that there shall be no signs, displays, show windows or automated teller machines visible from the exterior of the building nor shall there be any direct public entrance to such uses from the exterior of the building.
- Incidental uses no direct public entrance
There shall be no direct public entrance to such uses from the exterior of the building.
- Incidental uses no exterior signs
There shall be no advertising signs, displays, show windows or automated teller machines visible from the exterior of the building.
- Maximum guest units per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.0.02 ratio
the total number of such guest units shall not exceed one for each 50 dwelling units within the development.
- Maximum incidental use floor area percentage5 pct
The aggregate floor area devoted to such uses shall not exceed five percent of the total floor area of the building in which they are located.
- Minimum spacing between buildings with dwelling use15 ft
Where two or more buildings, at least one of which contains a dwelling use, are erected on the same lot, the distance between any two such buildings shall be not less than 15 feet.
- Minimum spacing between buildings without dwelling use10 ft
Where two or more buildings, neither of which contains a dwelling use, are erected on the same lot, the distance between any two such buildings shall be not less than ten feet.
- Minimum outdoor play area per child100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum outdoor play area of 100 square feet for each child enrolled shall be furnished on the premises
- Minimum usable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. ratio0.25 ratio
A usable open space ratio of not less than 0.25 shall be provided for dwelling uses.
- Office use restriction
no retailing, wholesaling or servicing of merchandise shall be permitted on the premises nor shall the storage or display of merchandise to be serviced or offered for sale elsewhere be permitted on the premises
- Permanent supportive housing subject to Section 30-698
Permanent supportive housing, subject to the provisions of Section 30-698
- Short-term rentalShort-term rentalA dwelling let to guests for brief stays — the zoning category behind Airbnb rules. subject to Article VI Division 14
Short-term rental, subject to the requirements of Article VI, Division 14 of this chapter
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. dwellings15 ft
Side and rear yards for newly constructed multifamily dwellings and buildings accessory thereto shall be not less than 15 feet in depth.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for other uses10 ft
Side and rear yards for uses and buildings other than single-family, two-family and multifamily dwellings and buildings accessory thereto shall be not less than ten feet in depth.
- Transitional housing subject to Section 30-698
Transitional housing, subject to the provisions of Section 30-698
Parking
- Parking area access control stacking space1 space
any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way
- Parking deck entrance/exit lanes1 lane per 300 spaces
Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure
- Parking deck screening opacity45 pct
Parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity
From the ordinance
No building or structure in the RO-20 district shall exceed 150 feet in height; floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.0.
Use details
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"dropped_conditions": {
"accessory_uses": [
"Restaurant facilities, automated teller machines and shops for the sale of gifts, flowers, drugs and similar items for the convenience of patients and visitors may be located within hospital buildings"
]
}
}