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DISTRICTS 4 -7
4. 02. 01 Site Development Standards 4 -7
4. 02.02 Standards for Mixing Uses on One ( 1) Lot 4 -8
4. 02.03 Standards for Mixing Uses Within One ( 1) Building 4 -9
4. 02. 04 Site Development Standards for the Downtown Design Overlay 4 -9
District (DDOD)
4. 03. 00 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR INSTITUTIONAL, 44- - 1010
COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
4. 03. 01 Site Development Standards 4 -10
4. 03. 02 Nuisance / Pollution Standards for Industrial Developments 4- 11
4. 04. 00 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE RECREATION AND 4 -13
OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
4. 04. 01 Site Development Standards 4 - 13
4. 05. 00 DENSITY AND INTENSITY BONUS PROVISIONS 4 - 13
4.05. 01 Purpose and Intent 4 - 13
4.05. 02 Eligibility 4 -13
4. 05. 03 Bonus Features Available by Category 4- 14
4.05.04 Density and Intensity Available with Bonus Points ( Bonus Scorecard) 4- 16
4.06. 00 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PLANNED UNIT 4 - 16
DEVELOPMENTS( PUD)
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4. 06.01 Generally
4. 06. 02 Site Development Standards 4 - 17
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4. 06. 03 Compatibility Standards
4. 06. 04 Conditions of Approval 4 -18
4. 07. 00 STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS 4 -18
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4.07. 01 Purpose and Applicability
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4. 07.02 Generally
4. 07.03 Design Standards for Subdivisions 4 - 19
4. 07.04 Specific Requirements for Zero Lot Line Development 4 -20
4. 08. 00 STANDARDS FOR LANDSCAPING, BUFFERS, AND TREE 4 -22
PROTECTION
4. 08. 01 Generally 4 -22
4. 08. 02 Requirements for Irrigation and Irrigation Systems 4 -24
4.08. 03 Specifications for Landscape Materials and Vegetation 4- 24
4. 08. 04 Requirements for Trees and Tree Protection 4-25
4. 08. 05 Landscape and Buffer Requirements 4 -26
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4.08. 06 Landscaping Requirements for Vehicle Use Areas
4.08. 07 Requirements for Street Trees 4 -28
4.08. 08 Maintenance Requirements 4- 28
4. 09. 00 STANDARDS FOR SITE PREPARATION AND IMPROVEMENTS 4 -29
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4. 0901 Site Lighting
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List of Tables
Table 4. 01. 01. Development Standards in Residential Zoning Districts. 4 -6
Table 4. 02. 01. Development Standards in Mixed -Use Zoning Districts. 4 -8
Table 4. 02. 04. Development Standards Within the Downtown Design Overlay 4 - 10
District.
Table 4. 03. 01. Development Standards in Institutional, Commercial, and 4 -11
Industrial Zoning Districts.
Table 4.04. 01. Development Standards in the Recreation and Open Space 4- 13
Zoning District.
TableTable 4.4. 05.05. 03.03. Development Features Available and Corresponding Bonus 4-4- 1414
Points.
Table 4. 05.04. Bonus Scorecard. 4 - 16
Table 4. 07. 04. Site Development Standards for Zero Lot Line Development. 4 -21
Table 4. 08. 04. A. Protected Trees. 4 -25
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Table 4. 08. 04. B. Parking Reduction for Tree Protection.
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4. 00. 00 GENERALLY
4. 00.01 Applicability
The purpose of this chapter is to provide development standards applicable to all
development activity within the City. Subdivisions, new land uses and structures, and
alterations to existing land uses and structures shall be designed, constructed, and established
in compliance with the development standards for the applicable zoning district and the
development standards for all zoning districts as set forth in this chapter.
4. 00. 02 Measurements
A. Lot width is the horizontal distance between side lot
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lines measured at the mid -point between the
endpoints of the side lot lines.
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B. Setbacks
1. Setbacks are measured as the shortest distance
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from the exterior building wall to the property
line.
2. The rear yard setback for any waterfront lot is L 4m_J
measured to the mean high water line. Figure 4. 00. 02 ( A). Lot width
3. Eave overhangs shall not be included as a main
part of any building, provided, however, that no eave overhang shall exceed three
3) feet and shall not be less than eight ( 8) feet from ground level.
C. Specific measurement requirements for flag lots
1. The design requirements for platting flag lots are set forth in Section 4.07.03.C.
2. A flag lot is exempt from the frontage requirements set forth in this LDC,
provided that the width of the pole or access portion of the lot is not less than
twenty ( 20) feet.
3. The maximum length of the pole portion of the lot, measured from the right -of-
way to the end of the pole at the point of connection to the flag is 150 feet.
4. The setbacks for a flag lot are measured for the flag portion of the lot, excluding
the pole portion of the lot.
D. The impervious surface ratio is calculated by dividing the total of all impervious
surfaces on the lot by the total lot area. Water
bodies are impervious surfaces.
E. Building height
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1. Building height is measured from the top of the
floor at the finished floor elevation to the top i
plate of the highest habitable floor.
2. Calculation of maximum building height shall Ir
not include the roof above the top plate of the
highest habitable floor.
3. Calculation of maximum building heights shall Figure 4. 00. 02 ( E). Building
not include water towers, utility facility, or Freight
appurtenances or attachments such as
chimneys, elevator shafts, antennas, decorative architectural features, steeples, air
conditioning equipment enclosures, cupolas, weather vanes, and other similar
building features. All appurtenances or attachments which are exempt for
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