Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Bonus application requirement
Development seeking to use resilient site and building bonuses shall include a written request with the development application.
- Districts eligible for resilient bonuses
The bonuses included in this section are available to new development in the commercial, industrial, special, Downtown (D1), and UR-M zoning districts.
- Bonus feature: brownfield remediation
Remediate site contamination on a documented 'brownfield' site (by means of a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment)
- Bonus feature: composting station
Provide on-site composting station or location for all occupants
- Bonus feature: double open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
Provide double the minimum required open space set-aside amount
- Bonus feature: solar-powered battery backup
Install solar-powered battery backup generators with the capacity to provide electricity to the entire development
- Bonus feature: LEED gold
Design the building to achieve a minimum LEED certification of gold
- Bonus feature: LEED platinum
Design the building to achieve a minimum LEED certification of platinum
- Bonus feature: native vegetation
Use only native vegetation for required landscaping
- Bonus feature: recycling station
Provide at least one enclosed recycling station per building suitable for storage and collection of recyclable generated on-site
- Bonus feature: River Star certification
Obtain Elizabeth River Project's River Star Homes or River Star Business certification
- Bonus feature: shower facilities
Inclusion of showering and dressing facilities in nonresidential development for employees using alternative forms of transportation
- Maximum building coverage bonus15 pct
An increase in the maximum allowable building coverage by a maximum of 15 percent beyond the maximum allowed in the base zoning district
- D1 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. bonus restriction
Resilient site and building bonuses shall be limited to those related to building height or gross residential density in the D1 district.
- Maximum density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.20 pct
A total density bonus of up to a maximum of 20 percent beyond the maximum allowable gross residential density
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. bonus in commercial districts24 ft
24 feet in commercial districts beyond the maximum allowed in the base zoning district
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. bonus in residential districts20 ft
An increase in the maximum allowable height of up to maximum of 20 feet in residential districts
- Maximum parking reduction bonus15 pct
A reduction in the off-street parking requirements of up to 15 percent of the minimum amount of required parking.
From the ordinance
A total density bonus of up to a maximum of 20 percent beyond the maximum allowable gross residential density; An increase in the maximum allowable height of up to maximum of 20 feet in residential districts and 24 feet in commercial districts beyond the maximum allowed in the base zoning district; An increase in the maximum allowable building coverage by a maximum of 15 percent beyond the maximum allowed in the base zoning district; or A reduction in the off-street parking requirements of up to 15 percent of the minimum amount of required parking.