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152 <br />Article 30-3: Zoning Districts <br />Section E: Business Base Zoning Districts <br />Subsection 6: Downtown (DT) District <br />6. DOWNTOWN (D-1~ DISTRICTS' <br />lot area min. (sq k) <br />Lot width, min. (k) <br />Gross residential density, max. <br />Lot coverage, max. (% ~ <br />Height, (min.) ft <br />Height, max (ft) <br />Front setback min. (ft} <br />Front setback max. (k) <br />Side setback, min. (k) <br />Corner side setback, min. <br />Rear setback min. (k) <br />Spacing between buildings, min. (k) <br />Percentage of primary frontage <br />occupied by building wail (min. %) <br />Percentage of first-floor wall <br />Open Space Set-Aside (% of <br />None <br />None <br />40 <br />100 <br />24 <br />90; may be increased up to I50 for buildings vrith streea <br />level restaurants or retail <br />None for firs[ 4 stories: 10 for stories 5-8; 20 for stories 9+ <br />5 for the Itt 4 stories unless buildings on either side have <br />deeper front setbacks, then the average setback of both <br />None; IOwhereabuttingasingie-familyzoningdistritt <br />Min. required for vehicular visibility <br />where abutting an alley orsingle-family zoning <br />district or use <br />None <br />100 for interior lots; 80 for corner lots (2] <br />60 for Interior lots, 50 for corner Io[s <br />n(a <br />n/a <br />nfa <br />(I] <br />n(a <br />40; I S where abutting asingle- <br />familyzoning district <br />Not allowed in (root, side, or <br />corner side yard areas <br />3' abutting an alley, otherwise <br />none <br />None <br />n/a <br />SO when abu[dngastreet <br />Residential uses: :Nonresidential and mixed-uses: (to be determined in Module 3] <br />sized N3 <br />Notes: [ I ] Aaessory structuresfuse areas shall not exceed the lesser of: 1,500 square feet in size or 30% of the allowable lot coverage. <br />sr Development within the DT distritt may take advantage of the densiry and height bonuses azsociated vrith Section 30-3.D.3, Incentives for <br />Susainable Deveopment Fractlces. <br />sa The DT district is a new single distrkt for the dovmtovm, and is comprised of the C2, C2P, and C25 districts. The only standard for all three <br />disvkts is a 20-foot setback from private alleys. We recommend a few additional standards that allow some flexibility while addressing key district <br />goals. <br />June 2009 <br />Page 3-29 Unified Development Ordinance- Module Two Public Review Drak (REVISED) <br />