B-5
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right29
- adult care facilities
- art galleries
- banks
- day nurseries
- dry cleaning establishments
- dwelling units
- grocery stores
- hotels
- laundromats
- libraries
- office supply stores
- offices
- parking decks
- personal service businesses
- pet shops
- postal services
- printing establishments
- professional schools
- recreation uses
- restaurants
- retail stores
- rights-of-way
- seasonal sales
- service businesses
- showrooms
- governmental uses
- wireless communications facilities
- short-term rental
- accessory uses
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No building shall exceed five stories in height
- Minimum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Every main building hereinafter constructed shall have a minimum height of not less than two stories
story height as defined in Article XII of this chapter shall be not less than ten feet and not greater than 15 feet
Other
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. depth10 ft
In no case shall a front yard with a depth greater than ten feet be permitted
- Minimum ground floor glazing for dwelling uses30 pct
For dwelling uses, windows or glass doors or both that allow views out of the interior building space shall comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the building façade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage
- Minimum ground floor glazing for non-dwelling uses60 pct
a minimum of 60 percent of the building façade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage shall be comprised of windows or glass doors
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting R/RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
where a rear lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an R or RO district there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in depth
- Screening when abutting R districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative screen not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation or opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting R/RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
where a side lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from property in an R or RO district there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width
Parking
- Driveway restriction on principal street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
No driveway intersecting a street that constitutes the principal street frontage or priority street frontage of a lot shall be permitted when other street frontage or alley access is available
- Parking location relative to street
Areas devoted to the parking or circulation of vehicles shall not be located between the main building on a lot and the street line
From the ordinance
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the B-5 district... No building shall exceed five stories in height. Every main building hereinafter constructed shall have a minimum height of not less than two stories.