§ 3.1.3C. Parking garage building.

1.

Description: A multi-story building specifically designed for common or shared parking of automobiles on a temporary basis. The parking structure is concealed from the primary abutting street by a specialized liner building, parallel to the street, which provides commercial uses on the ground floor with commercial or residential uses on the upper floors.

2.

Access: The principal entry to each ground floor unit shall be a direct entrance from the primary abutting street. Access to above ground units shall be via a lobby with direct access to the street. Parking, loading, and trash disposal may be accessed from an alley or shared drive.

3.

Parking:

a.

General: Ground floor commercial uses for this building type should meet parking requirements of the zoning ordinance, section 1250.13—Off-street parking and loading.

b.

Lot standards: Parking shall be located behind the rear plane of the liner building in a common or shared parking structure. The parking structure may be located partially underground.

c.

Parking requirements: See parking placement illustration.

4.

Building width: Buildings shall not exceed 100 percent of the width of the lot, nor fall below 80 percent of the width of the lot.

5.

Massing and articulation: The building facade along the primary abutting public street shall feature horizontal articulation/change visibly at a maximum interval of 48 feet in height, setback, materials, or color. Facades facing a public street shall be vertically articulated at a maximum interval of every 48 feet.

6.

Encroachments : Maximum 12 feet on building frontage only; not to exceed curb line.

7.

Development standards:

a.

Architecture: See article 3.0 section 3.4.5.1.

b.

Accessory buildings: Permitted on review of zoning administrator; not to exceed lot coverage maximum.

c.

Land uses: See article 5.0.

d.

Building heights within 100 feet of a residential district shall be a maximum of two stories.

e.

A transitional buffer yard (TBY) that complies with section 1228.08 of the city's zoning code shall be provided where a commercial district adjoins a residential district.

f.

For drive throughs attached to parking garage/liner building types: See 3.2.4 M.

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Development standards: Parking garage building
Building footprints (min/max in sq. ft.)		10,000/none
Lot width (min/max in ft.)		100/300
Building width (min/max in ft.)		80%/100%
Lot coverage by buildings (max)		80%
Yard Requirements	Front (min/max in ft.)	0/5
	Rear (min/max in ft.)	0/15
	Side (min/max in ft.)	0/0
Height, min/max in stories (ft.)		See Table 3.1.4B
Encroachments (max in ft.)		12
Minimum floor-to-ceiling height (ground floor/upper floor)		12/10
Finish ground floor above grade (min/max in inches)		0/0
Corner lots must meet front yard requirements on each frontage. Minimum rear yards apply to principal buildings. Buildings for all accessory uses (including garages and accessory dwellings) must maintain a five-foot minimum rear yard, except where the rear yard is an alley where no separation is necessary. Maximum side yard setback is related to the minimum 80 percent building width requirement. Encroachments permitted on building frontage only; corner lots have frontage on each abutting street.

 

Permitted frontages: Parking garage buildings (See section 3.2)
Common yard	N
Porch	N
Stoop	N
Forecourt	N
Awnings and canopies	Y
Balconies	Y
Colonnades	Y
Arcades	Y
Terrace and lightcourt	N
Bay windows	Y
Storefront	Y
Cafe	Y
Drive through	See 3.2.4M

 

Parking garage building by development districts
Mixed-use commercial	Y
Town center	Y
General neighborhood	Y
Neighborhood residential	N
Rural residential	N
Y-Allowed/S-Special Use/N-Not Allowed

 

(Ord. No. 6016-07-16, 7-19-2016)