4-1400

The maximum permitted building height along the street is 35 feet, except that the maximum permitted building height may be increased to an amount not to exceed 50 feet with a building step back of 15 feet from the facade of the building, and where it is found to be compatible with surrounding development. The minimum building height shall be 25 feet.

Lighting shall be provided along commercial store fronts from sundown until 11:00 p.m. on week days, and until midnight on weekends.

Blank walls longer than six feet are prohibited.

Each building shall meet a build-to line of 10 feet as measured from the front property line. In cases of exceptional design, desired restaurant use with outdoor seating or other public benefit where it is desirable to have an increased setback, the build-to line may be increased to a maximum of 20 feet as measured from the front property line, subject to the review and approval of the director of planning and zoning.

A day care center shall submit for the director's review a pick-up and drop-off plan that adequately ensures the safe transfer of children and creates minimal impact on pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The day care center must obtain approval of the plan prior to opening its place of business.

All operations, including storage, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building with the exception of outdoor uses pursuant to this section 4-1400 and City Code section 5-2-29, as applicable.

New and remodeled facades should conform to the general historical Art Deco architectural style of the historic buildings in Arlandria. Decorative elements such as cornices and belt courses should be used to give scale and interest to the facades, to help define the building elements (base, middle, and top), and to create three dimensional richness to the facades.

The maximum permitted floor area ratio is 0.5. For a mixed use project that includes ground floor retail uses, the maximum floor area ratio is 1.5 with a special use permit. The maximum permitted floor area ratio is 0.5 and a maximum of 50 percent of the floor space of the proposed development may be residential use. Except that, if a special use permit is approved, the maximum floor area ratio may be increased to an amount not to exceed 1.5 and a maximum of 70 percent of the floor space of the proposed development may be residential use.

No use shall be conducted in any manner which would render it noxious or offensive by reason of dust, refuse matter, odor, smoke, gas fumes, noise, vibration or glare.

Solid roll-down or sliding security grates are prohibited.

65–75 percent of the ground floor facade should be windows with clear glass.

Retail shopping establishments with a principal use selling tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, alternative nicotine products, or hemp products intended for smoking are prohibited on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day care center, or a public or private academic early childhood, elementary, middle, or high school.

The placement or construction of items that block the visibility through windows of the interior of the commercial space from the street and sidewalk, including, but not limited to, walls, window film, storage cabinets, carts, shelving, boxes, coat racks, storage bins, and closets, shall be prohibited. All windows shall remain transparent.

When there is a change in use to a use which has the same or lesser parking requirement than the previous use, no additional parking shall be required. When there is a change in use which has a greater parking requirement than the previous use and is located within 500 feet of a public parking lot or facility and when the development proposal complies with the design and retail guidelines, no additional off-street parking is required subject to review and approval by the director of planning and zoning.

The on-site parking requirement for newly constructed buildings or additions to existing buildings of up to 5,000 square feet shall be 40 percent of the requirement in article VIII, provided the subject property is located within 500 feet walking distance of a public parking facility.