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2/ 19/1999 DRAFT COPY OF PROPOSED NSA ORDINANCE <br />................................................................................:........................................................................................................................................... . <br />street. <br />2. The permit-issuing authority may allow on-street parking spaces along <br />the- front property line (except where there are driveway cuts) to be <br />counted toward the minimum number of parking spaces required for <br />the use on that lot. <br />3. On-street parking space shall be designed as either parallel to the curb <br />on both sides of the street, or diagonal to the street on the storefront <br />side with landscaped breaks serving the pedestrian alleyways. <br />4. Off -street parking may be located within 100 feet (measured along a <br />publicly accessible route) from the lot containing the use to which the <br />parking is accessory, if the lot containing the parking is owned or <br />leased to the owner of the principal use, or if the lot containing the <br />parking is dedicated to parking for as long as the use to which it is <br />accessory shall continue, and it is owned by an entity capable of <br />assuring its maintenance as accessory parking. <br />f. All public sidewalks and walkways shall: <br />1. Be constructed of brick or concrete with brick borders in such a way <br />that they do not impede accessibility. <br />2. Be no less than six feet in; and <br />3. Create a completely interconnected network of pedestrian walkways <br />throughout the storefront use and townhouse use areas. <br />g. All storefront and townhouse use areas shall contain the following: <br />1. At least one trash can of approved design in each block; <br />2. Public benches of approved design at bus stops, green spaces, and at <br />intervals of no greater than 50 feet on each block; and <br />3. At least one bike rack on each block. <br />h. All new construction shall be of similar scale and massing to small-scale, <br />historic buildings in downtown Carrboro. <br />i. All roofs shall be topped with low-pitched roofs with articulated parapets and <br />cornices, or pitched roofs where fascias are emphasized and any roof dormers <br />are functional. <br />j. Storefront buildings shall: <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Page IS of 35 <br />