(A) Overview.
(1) The following divisions regulate the uses, dimensional standards, principal building form, landscaping, screening and off-street parking design for each zoning district.
(2) Additional standards related to these items exist throughout the chapter and are in effect as applicable.
(B) Principal building types. The following building types have been established to regulate building form within each zoning district:
PRINCIPAL BUILDING TYPES
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Description
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Example (for illustrative purposes only)
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PRINCIPAL BUILDING TYPES
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Example (for illustrative purposes only)
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A. Apartment Building: An apartment building has a combination of separate dwelling units arranged horizontally next to each other and/or stacked vertically upon each other. Apartment buildings are intended to provide five or more dwelling units per lot with each being occupied by a separate family unit. Apartment buildings may be developed as a site condominium where each unit is under separate ownership. |  |
B. Commercial Building: A commercial building is intended for commercial, office or industrial use. Commercial buildings may be occupied by more than one tenant. |  |
C. Detached House: A detached house is intended to serve a single-family unit on a single lot, but may include attached or detached accessory dwelling units. Multiple detached houses may be permitted on a single lot under certain development options. Existing detached houses in commercial and mixed use districts may be used for commercial uses. |  |
D. Mixed Use Building: A mixed use building is intended to accommodate retail and service uses on the first floor with additional uses on the upper floors. Residential use is limited to the upper floors or the rear of the first floor to preserve commercial space along the street level. |  |
E. Multiplex Building: A multiplex building is a small scale, low-intensity multiple-family residential structure. These structures include duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes that may have the units arranged vertically to one another, horizontally or a combination of both. Multiplexes are intended to be designed to blend harmoniously with the surrounding structures in the residential district while discreetly adding density and housing options to the community. |  |
F. Public/Semi-Public Building: A public/semi-public building is intended to accommodate public and civic uses and non-profit uses serving the public such as residential services and religious and educational institutions in residential and nonresidential districts. Uses other than civic and non-profit uses may be allowed in public/semi-public buildings in nonresidential districts. |  |
G. Rowhouse: A rowhouse is a series of dwelling units, attached in a row, separated from each other by an unpierced wall extending from basement to roof. Rowhouses are intended to provide two or more dwelling units per lot with each being occupied by a separate family unit. Rowhouses may be developed as a site condominium where each unit is on a separate lot under separate ownership. |  |
H. Stacked Flat: A stacked flat is a series of dwelling units stacked vertically. Dwelling units may occupy more than one floor of the building, but only one dwelling unit may occupy any single floor. Stacked flats are intended to provide two or more dwelling units per lot with each being occupied by a separate family unit. Stacked flats may be developed as a site condominium where each unit is under separate ownership. |  |
(C) Determinations of use. If a proposed use is not clearly listed or identified in the regulated uses table in division (B) above, the Zoning Administrator shall make a determination as to whether or not the proposed use is similar enough to fit within the definition of an existing listed use and should be accommodated. The determination of the Zoning Administrator regarding unclassified uses may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a final determination. If a proposed use is found not be similar enough to an existing listed use to be accommodated, a request to add the proposed use through an amendment may be requested subject to the procedures and standards in § 153.047.
(D) Interpreting district regulations.
(1) The standards provided in the following sections are to be interpreted as the minimal requirements, unless explicitly stated as a maximum.
(2) Regulated uses listed as “By Right” approval type shall require site plan review, where applicable. Regulated uses listed as “SLUP” approval type shall require a special land use permit.
(3) Regulated uses that have additional supplemental use standards are indicated with the section number where the supplemental use standards can be found.
(4) Additional standards applicable to the items regulated for each zoning district, including but not limited to landscaping, fencing, off-street parking and loading zones exist within this chapter. Nothing in this section shall exempt a land use or development from satisfying any additional, applicable standards or design requirements contained within this chapter.
(5) In addition to the standards in this division (D) and those under this section, all properties within the Civic and Commercial Historic Overlay District shall be subject to the requirements of the Overlay District as presented in §§ 153.080 and 153.081. Where there is a conflict between the standards of this section and those of the Overlay District, those of the Overlay District shall supersede the regulations of this section.
(Ord. 160, passed 4-21-2022)