[Ord. 2227, 12-10-2013; as amended by Ord. 2016-2264, 6/14/2016; and by Ord. 2016-2268, 11/1/2016]
Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks |
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| Street Type |
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| Residential | Nonresidential | Alley [1] |
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Sidewalk | 5 feet | 10 feet | NA |
Planting strip | 4 feet, min. | NA | NA |
Curb | 0.5 foot | 0.5 foot | NA |
Parking lane | 7 feet | 7 feet | NA |
Travel lane | 8.5 feet | 11 feet | 8 feet |
Total cartway | 31 feet | 36 feet | 16 feet |
Right-of-way | 50 feet | 60 feet | 20 feet |
Amenities | | | |
| Corner bump-out | NA | Yes | NA |
| Street trees [2] | 40 feet OC | 40 feet OC | NA |
NOTES: |
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1. | One-way alley: eight-foot minimum cartway and ten-foot minimum right-of-way |
2. | Street trees to be planted in planting strip along residential streets, tree wells along commercial streets. |
3. | The values indicated above are minimum values. |
[Ord. 2227, 12-10-2013; as amended by Ord. 2016-2268, 11/1/2016; by Ord. No. 2019-2308, 10/8/2019; and by Ord. No. 2022-2353, 9/13/2022]
1. Parking shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of §
27-405 of this chapter.
2. Vehicular access to a property's parking facilities shall not be provided through a front yard when alley access is available.
3. When visible from and facing a street abutting a front yard, all garage doors, carports, parking areas or similar shall have a front yard setback at least 20 feet greater than the primary facade of the principal building(s).
4. While buildings are to be placed at the required build-to line in their respective zoning districts, municipal/institutional buildings may be set back farther than the build-to-line in order to enhance their architecture and civic function along the street.
5. Identified by the primary point of ingress/egress of a structure, the primary facade of dwellings and nonresidential buildings shall be oriented parallel to/facing existing streets when present, and to new streets when being proposed. When abutting more than one street, the primary facade shall be oriented toward the street of higher classification or, if both streets are of the same classification, the more trafficked street.
6. Mechanical equipment, such as air conditioning and heating units, shall not be located in the front yard and in all other cases shall be screened from public views of the property through the use of fencing, walls, landscaping or a combination thereof.
[Ord. 2227, 12-10-2013; as amended by Ord. 2017-2279, 9/12/2017]
1. Principal Buildings.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-2303, 5/14/2019]
A. In all districts other than the Industrial District, individual buildings with street frontage shall not have any street wall greater than 150 feet in length without a mid-building change in the street wall plane for a minimum of eight feet in depth and 20 feet in width.
B. Mid-building change in any street wall plane shall provide adequate architectural detail, buffering and/or screening. In no case shall a single building or a contiguous block of attached buildings be greater than 300 feet in width, regardless of changes in street wall planes.
C. Mid-block spacing shall meet the requirements of the District Specifications' building spacing requirement.
2. Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings shall be designed to be:
A. Subordinate, incidental and complementary to the scale and design of the principal building.
B. Smaller in scale and bulk to the principal building.
(1) The building footprint shall be no more than 2/3 that of the principal building.
(2) The building height shall be no more than two stories or 2/3 the principal building height, whichever is less. If the principal building is one story, an accessory building shall not exceed the height of the principal building.
(3) The number of accessory buildings shall be no more than two.