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::. 2/~ 9/1999 DRAFT COPY OF PROPOSED NSA ORDINANCE <br />minute walk). Nonresidential uses that are intended or expected to serve an azea <br />beyond the development itself shall be located to the ,extent practicable to permit <br />vehiculaz access from outside the development without passing through residential <br />streets. <br />(4) Storefront use azeas shall be located at least 200 feet from an arterial street and at least <br />one-half mile from the nearest edge of another commercial center. <br />(5) Pazking azeas that serve commercial facilities shall be screened with a Type A screen <br />from the view of public streets located outside the development. <br />(6) If and to the extent that dwelling units are constructed above .commercial uses in <br />commercial areas, the additional vehicle accommodation area required to <br />accommodate such residential uses shall not be treated as commercial area for <br />purposes of the "cap" on commercial areas established by this section. <br />(7) Commercial azeas shall surround or be located adjacent to or across the street from a <br />public park, green, or square, which area may be credited as part of the open space <br />required of the development. <br />(8) Within the commercial azeas authorized under this section, buildings shall be <br />designed and constructed so that each individual enterprise occupies (whether as <br />tenant or owner occupant) an azea of not more than 6,000 squaze feet per floor. <br />(b) Portions of the tract not developed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) above <br />may be developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to property that is zoned R- <br />10, except as those provisions are modified by the provisions of this section or the Master Plan or conditions <br />imposed by the board of aldermen in the issuance of the conditional use permit. <br />(1) The number of dwelling units permissible within the entire tract shall be determined <br />in accordance with the provisions of Section 15-182.3 (as adjusted by density bonuses <br />awarded for providing affordable housing under Section 15-182.4), subject to the <br />following: <br />a. Areas used for commercial purposes shall not be subtracted from the adjusted <br />tract acreage before determining permissible density; <br />b. All dwelling units constructed above commercial uses in commercial azeas <br />(e.g. a second story apartment located above a first floor retail store or office) <br />shall be permissible in addition to the number of dwelling units otherwise <br />authorized under this section. <br />(2) The residential portions of the development shall contain a mixture of housing types <br />that aze generally reflective of the housing types in Carrboro and ownership/rental <br />options so that the development provides housing opportunities for persons within as <br />broad a range of income levels as is feasible. Different housing types and price <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Page 10 of 35 <br />