Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Dumpsters fully screened by durable enclosure
All dumpsters and compaction devices shall be fully screened by an enclosure constructed of durable materials.
- Maximum building footprint area8,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum area of the footprint of a building, measured by the exterior perimeter of the foundation, shall be eight thousand (8,000) square feet.
- Maximum building width for ground floor commercial75 ft
The maximum width of a building with ground floor commercial uses shall be seventy-five (75) feet.
- Maximum building width for ground floor townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. or multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.175 ft
The maximum width of a building with ground floor townhouses or multifamily uses shall be one hundred seventy-five (175) feet.
- Minimum percentage of front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line occupied by building facade75 pct
A minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the front setback line across the entire parcel must be occupied by the building façade.
- Minimum first finished floor elevation above grade30 in
Where there are residential uses on the ground floor, the first finished floor shall be a minimum of thirty (30) inches above the grade at the base of the steps or ramp approaching the entrance.
- Minimum glass percentage for ground floor commercial facades40 pct
Where ground floor commercial space fronts on a public right-of-way, a minimum of forty (40) percent of the first floor building façade containing the primary entrance shall be comprised of glass windows or glass doors.
- Minimum glass percentage for ground floor residential facades20 pct
Where ground floor residential space fronts on a public right-of-way, a minimum of twenty (20) percent of the first floor building façade shall be comprised of glass windows and/or glass doors.
- Primary entrance must face public right-of-way
The primary entrance to buildings shall directly face the adjacent public right-of-way.
- Primary entrance on Mellen or Mallory Street if frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. abuts
Primary entrances to buildings with lot frontage abutting Mellen Street or Mallory Street shall be located on Mellen Street or Mallory Street, whichever is applicable.
- Dumpsters, accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures, outdoor storage, utility equipment prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Dumpsters, accessory structures, outdoor storage areas, and utility, stormwater, mechanical, or similar equipment shall be prohibited in the front yard on all lots and the side yard adjacent to public rights-of-way on corner lots.
Parking
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. between building and public right-of-way
Parking shall be prohibited in the area between the building and any adjacent public right-of-way, not to include any alleys and the following streets: Lancer Street, Williams Street, Tennis Lane, Larabee Lane.
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. between building and water feature on waterfront properties
On waterfront properties, parking shall be prohibited between the building and the water feature.
From the ordinance
There shall be no minimum and no maximum setback, unless adjacent to a single-family or two-family residential district, in which case the minimum setback is five (5) feet. Rear: no required setback unless adjacent to single-family or two-family residential zone, then min 10 feet.