§ 88-230-03. STANDARDS

88-230-03-A. BUILDING PLACEMENT

1.

Buildings must abut the sidewalk or be located within 5 feet of the sidewalk along front property lines.

2.

These building placement standards do not apply to permitted arcades, public plazas or parks, or recessed entries.

3.

Detached houses are exempt from these building placement standards.

88-230-03-B. GROUND-FLOOR TRANSPARENCY

1.

At least 60% of the street-facing building facade between 4 feet and 10 feet above the sidewalk must be comprised of windows that allow views of indoor commercial space or product display areas. On corner lots, this 60% transparency requirement applies only along one street. The minimum transparency standard abutting secondary streets is 40%.

2.

Display windows that do not provide views into the interior of the building may be counted towards satisfying up to 50% of the minimum transparency requirements, provided that they are internally illuminated and are at least 2 feet in depth.

3.

The bottom of any window or product display window used to satisfy these transparency requirements may not be more than 4.5 feet above the adjacent sidewalk.

88-230-03-C. DOORS AND ENTRANCES

1.

Buildings must have a working public entrance door facing the street. Entrances at building corners may be used to satisfy this requirement.

2.

Building entrances may include doors to individual shops or businesses, lobby entrances, entrances to pedestrian-oriented plazas, or courtyard entrances to a cluster of shops or businesses.

88-230-03-D. PARKING

1.

No off-street parking is required for nonresidential uses unless such uses exceed 4,000 square feet of gross floor area, in which case off-street parking must be provided for the floor area in excess of 4,000 square feet (see 88-420 for off-street parking ratios).

2.

Any off-street parking that is provided must be located behind the building or within or under the building.

3.

When the depth of the lot is insufficient to permit required parking to the rear of the building, parking may be located to the side of the building, provided that it does not occupy more than 50% of the street frontage and it is screened from view of the street by a brick wall, wrought-iron or decorative fence, or landscaping between 18 and 42 inches in height. Chain link fences are prohibited.

88-230-03-E. DRIVEWAYS AND VEHICLE ACCESS

Driveways and vehicle access, when provided, must come from an alley or side street if either is present.

88-230-03-F. SIGNS

All signs in P/O district must comply with the standards of 88-445-09.

88-230-03-G. GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL FLOOR SPACE

All buildings constructed in the PO district must comply with the following ground space requirements:

1.

The minimum floor-to-ceiling height of all ground floor space in the building must be at least 13 feet.

2.

Commercial and other nonresidential uses allowed in the subject zoning districts must occupy at least 800 square feet or 50% of the building's ground floor area, whichever is greater.

(Ord. No. 120783, § 1, 10-4-2012; Ord. No. 160759 , § 1, 10-20-2016)