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 Appendix 88-120. OFFICE, BUSINESS, AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

  § 88-120-04. LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS  

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  • 88-120-04-A. GENERAL

    This section establishes basic lot and building standards for all development in O and B districts. The standards that apply vary according to the intensity designator that is attached to the zoning district symbol. These intensity designators are identified by the numeral following the dash (-) in the district name, as in "B1-2" (B1 dash 2).

    88-120-04-B. BASIC STANDARDS

    All residential and nonresidential development in O and B districts must comply with the lot and building standards of Table 120-2, except as otherwise expressly provided. General exceptions to lot and building standards and rules for measuring compliance can be found in 88-820.

    Table 120-2

    Lot and Building Standards (O and B Districts) -1 -2 -3 -4 -5
    Lot Size
    » Min. lot area (square feet) None None None None None
    » Min. lot area per unit (sq. ft.)
     » in single purpose residential building 1,250 750 400 300 200
     » mixed-use building None None None None None
    » Min. lot width (feet) None None None None None
    Floor area ratio
    » Maximum 1.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 6.0
    Min. Front Setback 1,4
    » Abutting residential district
    » Not abutting R district None None None None None
    Min. Rear Setback
    » Abutting residential district
     » % of lot depth 25 25 25 25 25
     » Maximum required (feet) 30 30 30 30 30
    » Not abutting R district None None None None None
    Side Setback
    » Abutting residential district
    » Not abutting R district None None None None None
    Maximum Height
    » Mixed-use buildings 40 50 60 70 None
    » All other buildings 35 45 55 65 None
    Notes to Table 120-2
    Front setback required only when O- or B-zoned lot abuts R-zoned lot with frontage on the same street. In such cases, the O- or B-zoned lot must match the platted front setback of the abutting R-zoned lot. If there is no platted setback, the O- or B-zoned lot must provide at least 50% of the front setback that applies to the abutting R-zoned lot.
    Side setback required only when the side yard of an O- or B-zoned lot abuts R-zoned lots. In such cases, the O- or B-zoned lot must provide the same side setback as required for the abutting R-zoned lot.
    Only mixed-use buildings that comply with the ground-floor commercial space requirements of 88-120-07 are eligible to use the mixed-use building density and height provisions of Table 120-2.
    Buffer and setback regulations of 88-425 apply.
    For buildings located within the Country Club Plaza, building heights shall be limited or allowed to the heights and stories as shown on the Bowl Concept Map attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference.
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(Ord. No. 120783, § 1, 10-4-2012; Ord. No. 151036, § 1, 1-7-2016)