The following Industrial Corridor standards and guidelines apply to all properties or aggregation of parcels to be developed with frontage on 5th Street or the 5th Street/Riverside Parkway intersection right-of-way, south of South Avenue to the river, referred to hereafter as the 5th Street Industrial Corridor (Figure 5), and on Riverside Parkway from the east edge of 12th Street, extended along the Riverside Parkway, east to 28 Road, referred to hereafter as the Riverside Parkway Industrial Corridor (Figure 6). Please see the maps below. Collectively, the two shall be referred to as the Industrial Corridors.
(Ord. 4572, 3-20-13)
Figure 5
(a) 
No new outdoor uses and operations shall be allowed on parcels that have frontage on 5th Street or on the right-of-way for the 5th Street/Riverside Parkway interchange. Maximum expansion and construction of any outdoor uses and operations (such as outdoor operation of rail yards, salvage yards, etc.) on properties that abut the 5th Street right-of-way shall be 25 percent of the total square footage as it existed on April 21, 2013.
(b) 
For uses that require screening per the Zoning and Development Code and will be visible from the elevated portions of the 5th Street viaduct, screening shall be provided on the viaduct that limits views to adjacent uses but still provides longer vistas to the east (Grand Mesa) and west (Colorado National Monument and Uncompahgre Plateau), in accordance with CDOT specifications as follows: 36 inches by three-eighths inches by 11 ga Core, 10 ga finish vinyl coated chain link. The City may accept payment in lieu of screening; the amount of the payment-in-lieu may be established by resolution of the City Council.
(c) 
Off-premises signs and billboards as defined by the Zoning and Development Code that did not exist as of April 21, 2013, are not allowed on properties within the 5th Street Industrial Corridor.
(Ord. 4572, 3-20-13)
Figure 6
(a) 
New Site Development or Redevelopment.
(1) 
Service entrances, service yards and loading areas shall be located only in the rear or side yard. For properties with more than one street frontage, the front yard shall be considered, for purposes of this standard, to be the side abutting the higher or highest order street. The rear and side yards are any other sides that do not meet the definition of a front yard. Along the Riverside Parkway right-of-way, a six-foot-high solid fence or wall of stone, wood or masonry shall screen each service yard or area from adjoining single-family residential zones and uses which are not separated by a street (not counting an alley or any easement).
(2) 
Outdoor storage and permanent display areas shall be allowed per the zone district of the property. Any storage in the front yard adjacent to the Riverside Parkway right-of-way shall be screened with a six-foot-high solid architectural wall constructed of stone, masonry or combination thereof with a minimum 14-foot landscape buffer provided outside of the wall unless modified per the landscaping in subsection (c) of this section.
(3) 
The front yard setback for principal structures on parcels within the Riverside Parkway Industrial Corridor is reduced to zero feet.
(b) 
Architectural Design of New Buildings or Substantial Exterior Remodel.
(1) 
Any side of a new building, addition or substantial remodel that faces the Riverside Parkway or the public property containing the Riverfront Trail shall exhibit a minimum of three of the following eight architectural design elements:
(i) 
Variation in materials.
(ii) 
Facade modulation/articulation a minimum of every 30 feet.
(iii) 
Variation in color.
(iv) 
Facade feature that emphasizes the primary building entrance.
(v) 
Variation in roofline.
(vi) 
Windows.
(vii) 
Window or entry awning.
(viii) 
Other architectural features that achieve the goals of the overall corridor vision/concept as outlined in GJMC § 24.08.010 through 24.08.040 as determined by the Director.
(c) 
Landscaping for New Site Development or Redevelopment.
(1) 
On-site landscaping shall be required per the Zoning and Development Code. The total amount of required landscaping may be reduced by the Director if a minimum of two of the following five conditions exist or are proposed:
(i) 
A higher quality of architectural design is achieved with greater than three of the architectural design elements listed in subsection (b) of this section.
(ii) 
Fifty percent or more of the building facade has no more than a 20-foot setback.
(iii) 
Street trees exist within the abutting public street.
(iv) 
All parking is located to the side and/or rear of the building.
(v) 
All outdoor storage and operations are located behind the building.
(d) 
Signage.
(1) 
Only flush wall and monument style signs are allowed on the Riverside Parkway Industrial Corridor properties. Flush wall signs are allowed per the Zoning and Development Code. Monument signs shall be a maximum of 12 feet in height with a maximum total of 100 square feet per sign face allowed per parcel.
(2) 
Off-premises signs and billboards as defined by the Zoning and Development Code that did not exist as of April 21, 2013, are not allowed on properties within the Riverside Parkway Industrial Corridor.
(Ord. 4572, 3-20-13)