The Pedestrian Overlay (PO) District is established to foster a high level of walkability and design quality for Canton's Target Investment Zones (TIZ) urban streets. The PO will do this by requiring pedestrian-oriented building features, preserving and enhancing the architectural character of new and existing buildings and protecting public safety by minimizing conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians.
(a) Pedestrian Overlay Districts shall apply Traditional Neighborhood Design Standards as the design criteria for the TIZ's,
(b) Areas designated as PO are planned to be densely developed areas characterized by a preponderance of buildings set relatively close to the street with parking located behind the main building. In every PO, any street frontage shall be considered an Urban Frontage Line, as defined in this chapter, shall be marked on the Zoning Map, either one or both sides of a street designated as such.
(c) All uses permitted in the underlying zoning district shall be permitted in the PO, except that the following uses shall be regulated as follows:
(1) Open sales lots and car washes lots are prohibited.
(2) Gas station pump islands are prohibited within the urban street space.
(3) Any business served by a drive-thru shall have all points of customer interaction located outside of the urban street space.
(4) A parking lot as a main use is prohibited.
Table of New Construction (additions) Design Guidelines
(1) Setbacks | ||
A. Front Yard depth; principal street frontage | Townhouse: | All other building types |
0 ft. min., 10 ft. max. | 0 ft. min., 10 ft. max. | |
B. Front yard depth; secondary street frontage | Townhouse; | All other building types |
0 ft., min., 6 ft. max. | 0 ft. min., 6 ft. max. | |
C. Interior side yard depth | 3 ft. max., per side; 6 ft. total max. | |
D. Rear yard depth | 15 ft. max. | |
(2) Building Configuration | ||
A. Frontage build-out; principal street frontage | 80% min. of principal of street frontage; 20% of this requirement may be met with a streetscreen. Streetscreens shall be masonry construction and a min. 3.5' in height. | |
B. Frontage build-out, secondary street frontage | 100% min. of the urban street space. | |
C. Active use; first story principal and secondary street frontage | Required on 60% of frontage buildout. | |
D. Floor area ration | No maximum. | |
E. Entrances | Townhouse: | All other building types: |
Each first-story unit fronting a principal or secondary street shall provide a main pedestrian entrance to that frontage. | Each use fronting a principal or secondary street shall provide at least one main pedestrian entrance to that frontage. Such entrances shall be recessed to prevent doors swinging into the ROW. | |
(3) Building Design Features | ||
A. First-story glazing, residential, principal and secondary street | 40% min. of the frontage buildout between 3' and 8' above grade shall be transparent windows or doors. | |
B. First-story glazing, non-residential; principal and secondary street | 80% min. of the frontage buildout between 3' and 8' above grade shall be transparent windows or doors. | |
C. Architectural articulation required; balconies, bays, awnings, sunshades, planter boxes or similar | Single family, two family residential and townhouse; | All other building types |
Required on 50% min. of all units facing both the principal and secondary street frontage; balconies, if used shall be 1' min. depth; railing 30% min. transparency. | Not Required | |
D. Materials; principal and secondary street frontage | First-story: Glass in any dimension is permitted. All other materials shall be human-scaled, except materials used on building bases (up to 3' above grade) may be larger in size. | |
Above first-story: Materials in any dimension are permitted. | ||
(4) Parking (Refer to Chapter 1184, Off-street Loading and Parking Requirements unless otherwise stated) | ||
A. Required Parking | Existing Buildings: | New Construction: |
Min. of 25%, Max. of 120% of total required by Chapter 1184 | Min. of 65%, Max. of 120% of total required by Chapter 1184. | |
B. Parking access, drives, garage and service access. Where a secondary street frontage or alley abuts the property, no access is required on a principal stret. | Townhouse | All other building types |
One-way traffic 12' width max. Two-way traffic: 18' width max. | 20' max. aggregate width per frontage | |
Prohibited: Garage doors facing a principal street frontage unless located behind the rear wall of the main building. | 10' max. opening height for parking entrances; 14' max. opening height for service access. | |
There is no off-street loading requirement for a building with less than 10,000 square feet of gross building area. | ||
Minimize and/or reduce existing curb cuts, and driveways extending across the public sidewalk along principal street frontage. | ||
C. Parking and drive aisles located between a front building wall and ROW | Prohibited. | |
D. Surface parking location | Parking, whenever possible, shall be located at the rear of a building. In the case of corner lots, the front of a building shall mean that facade which faces the principal street abutting the property. The Commission may consider front field parking if unique circumstances where no other alternative exists, where it promotes better site design, or where it may be necessary for a particular use. | |
E. Valet Zones | Shall not reduce existing public sidewalk width, or shall maintain 6' min. through pedestrian sidewalk zone. |
(5) Transition Strips and Screening. | |
A. Secondary Street Frontage | 3' min. deep landscape strip and streetscreen required. Streetscreens shall be masonry construction and a min. 3.5' in height. |
B. Rear abutting a less intensive use and/or commercial properties adjacent residential | 6' high screen element by plantings, an enclosure wall or fence; 100% opacity. |
(Ord. 147-2018. Passed 7-2-18.)