B-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 3%
Uses
Permitted by right19
- Bakeries
- Wearing apparel stores
- Barber and beauty shops
- Jewelry stores
- Banks and credit unions
- Bookstores
- Newspaper printing establishments
- Florist and gift shops
- Miscellaneous retail stores and shops
- Music and dance instruction
- Pet grooming or sales
- Tailors, dressmaking
- Photography
- Professional offices
- Office buildings
- Churches
- Libraries
- Funeral homes
- Mini warehouses, self-service storage facilities
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Public/semipublic building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet above grade, provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- Corner lot landscaping heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
Landscaping of corner lots shall be limited to plantings, fences or other landscaping features of no more than three feet in height within the space between the setback line and the property line on the street side of the lot.
- Design plans by licensed professional
Design plans must be prepared by a duly licensed architect or engineer.
- Occupancy density350 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per occupant
Occupancy density shall ensure at least 350 square feet of finished habitable space per occupant as defined by the current building code (excluding bathrooms, closets, halls, storage, or utility spaces).
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.1 space per bedroom
Off-street parking under the legal control of the property owner for which the space is made available shall be provided in the amount of one parking space per bedroom or room usable as a bedroom for each housing unit, to be located within 500 feet of the property.
- Residential unit size
Each residential unit shall be between 700 and 1,500 square feet in finished habitable space as defined by the current building code (excluding bathrooms, closets, halls, storage, or utility spaces).
- Residential location
All residential use must be located on the second story of the building or above, immediately above the street level, not including the basement in any such calculation or use.
- Separate street-level entrance
A separate street-level entrance must be provided for the residential use.
- Lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for sewage disposal
The required area for any such use shall be approved by the county sanitarian.
Setback
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjacent to residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
The minimum side yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential or agricultural district shall be ten feet.
From the ordinance
In B-1 Less Intense Use Business District, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses... minimum side yard adjoining residential/agricultural district shall be ten feet... minimum rear setback 35 feet, front setback 25 feet... buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height.
Parking requirements
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"mixed_commercial_residential": "1 space per bedroom or room usable as bedroom, within 500 ft"
}