§ 30-147. Building configuration.

(a)

General to Zones T2, T3, T4, T4O, T5.

(1)

The private frontage of buildings shall conform to and be allocated in accordance with Tables 2 and 14.

(2)

Buildings on corner lots shall have two private frontages as shown in Table 23. Prescriptions for the second and third layers pertain only to the principal frontage. Prescriptions for the first layer pertain to both frontages.

(3)

All facades shall be glazed with clear glass no less than 25 percent of the first story.

(4)

Building heights shall conform to Tables 2 and 13.

(5)

Stories may not exceed 12 feet in height from finished floor to finished ceiling, except for a first floor commercial function, which shall be a minimum of ten feet with a maximum of 25 feet. A single floor level exceeding 12 feet, or 25 feet at ground level, shall be counted as two stories. Mezzanines extending beyond 33 percent of the floor area shall be counted as an additional story.

(6)

In a parking structure or garage, each above ground level counts as a single story regardless of its relationship to habitable stories.

(7)

Height limits do not apply to attics or raised basements, masts, belfries, clock towers, chimney flues, water tanks, or elevator bulkheads. Attics shall not exceed 12 feet in height.

(8)

The habitable area of an accessory unit within a principal building or an outbuilding shall not exceed 640 square feet, excluding the parking area.

(9)

Eighty percent of all facades on the primary frontage, as defined in article VII of this chapter, after subtracting pedestrian doorways and windows, shall not include metal siding, vinyl siding and EIFS. This subsection shall not apply to single- and two-family dwelling units.

(b)

Specific to Zone T3.

(1)

With the exception of awning provisions as stated in this article, no portion of the private frontage may encroach the sidewalk.

(2)

Open porches may encroach the first layer 50 percent of its depth (Table 23d).

(3)

Balconies and bay windows may encroach the first layer 25 percent of its depth, except that balconies on porch roofs may encroach as does the porch.

(c)

Specific to Zone T4. Balconies, open porches and bay windows may encroach the first layer 50 percent of its depth (Table 23d).

(d)

Specific to Zones T4O, T5.

(1)

Awnings may encroach the sidewalk to within two feet of the curb but must clear the sidewalk vertically by at least eight feet.

(2)

Stoops, lightwells, balconies, bay windows, and terraces may encroach the first layer 100 percent of its depth (Table 23d).

(3)

Loading docks and service areas shall be permitted only on B-grid frontages.

(4)

In the absence of a building facade along any part of a frontage line, a streetscreen shall be built coplanar with the facade.

(5)

Streetscreens shall be between 3.5 and eight feet in height. The streetscreen may be replaced by an evergreen hedge. Streetscreens shall have openings no larger than necessary to allow automobile and pedestrian access.

(Code 2003, § 31-34; Ord. No. 13-04, § 1(exh. A), 2-21-2013; Ord. No. 13-21, § 1, 9-19-2013)