Sec. 24-3403
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum front build-to zone boundary45 ft
The maximum front build-to zone boundary may be increased to 45 feet where civic spaces or outdoor dining areas are located.
- Minimum area for rezoningRezoningChanging which district applies to a parcel — a legislative act, not an administrative one.12 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum contiguous area for lands to be classified to the CMU District is four acres in the IR-O, Innsbrook Redevelopment Overlay District, and 12 acres in all other areas.
- Minimum nonresidential percentage20 pct
No development will be approved in the CMU District unless a minimum of 20 percent of development consists of residential uses and a minimum of 20 percent consists of nonresidential uses.
- Minimum residential percentage20 pct
No development will be approved in the CMU District unless a minimum of 20 percent of development consists of residential uses and a minimum of 20 percent consists of nonresidential uses.
- Minimum sidewalk width on arterial roads7 ft
Each sidewalk must have a minimum width of seven feet along arterial and collector roads and a minimum width of five feet along other streets.
- Minimum sidewalk width on other streets5 ft
Each sidewalk must have a minimum width of seven feet along arterial and collector roads and a minimum width of five feet along other streets.
- Street tree spacing35 ft
Street trees must be provided that are spaced between 35 and 45 feet on center.
- Underground utilities
All new utility lines such as electric, telephone, CATV, or other similar lines must be installed underground.
Parking
- Break-up of large parking lots
Each surface parking lot with more than 100 parking spaces must be organized into smaller modules that contain 50 or fewer spaces each.
- Parking location
All proposed new or expanded surface vehicle parking must be located to the rear or side of the development's principal building(s), or in a parking structure.
- Maximum parking spaces125 pct
The number of off-street surface vehicle parking spaces must not exceed 125 percent of the minimum requirements in Sec. 24-5110.
- Reduced minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces70 pct
The minimum required number of off-street vehicle parking spaces for mixed-use development must be 70 percent of the minimum requirements in Sec. 24-5110.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the CMU Community Mixed-Use District is to increase available housing options while creating an enhanced pedestrian environment in which residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses are physically and functionally integrated.