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135-1. BUilDiNG tYPeS DRAFT

Storefront

A. Storefront Building Notes 5. Warehouse-Retail Space. In CX, taller floor to
1. MX to N District Transition. MX district double floor heights may be permitted for warehouse-
frontage lots, deeper than 120 feet, that share a retail space with approval of a type 1 design
primary frontage with an N district shall provide exception per 135-6.2 and where all other
the following: primary frontage ground story requirements are
fulfilled:
a. One or more of the following building types
shall front the adjacent N district primary a. The maximum height of the primary
street: frontage for up to a 24-foot wide segment
may be 28 feet.
i. House permitted in the adjacent N
district. b. When the primary frontage ground story
maximum height is met per the 30-foot
ii. Row or Flat building as permitted in depth required in 135-7.1.7.F and the
NX2. maximum height of any non-primary street
b. The MX district lot shall incorporate an is met per the “all stories” height, or, the
interior alley, lane, or drive to provide access remainder of the ground story may have a
to both the Storefront building parking and maximum height of 28 feet.
the garage/parking for the House, Row, or c. The taller space shall not front any other
Flat building. street.
c. The rear of the all buildings shall be fully d. The taller space shall not be more than 30
screened by buildings from both primary feet from any other side, or rear lot line.
streets.
2. Minimum Pedestrian Area. Along all streets
where the area from the back of curb to the
lot line is less than 12 feet, the build-to zone
shall begin at 12 feet from the back of curb and
extend into the site the depth defined.
3. Limited Side Yard Parking. Limited side yard
parking is one double- or single-loaded aisle,
with the centerline of the aisle perpendicular to
the street, permitted in the interior side yard.
Maximum width of a double-loaded aisle is 60
feet and 40 feet for single-loaded, measured
along the right-of-way. Parking may be angled or
head-in. Frontage Buffer is required per 135-5.9.
4. Building Corners. At street intersections, ground
story transparency requirements on primary
frontage shall extend around the corner of the
building a minimum of 30 feet, as measured
from the corner of the building down the non-
primary frontage. See 135-1.1.6.F for building
requirements at street corners.

135-1-20 DRAFT AuGuST 3, 2017