(a) General Street Principles.
(1) The neighborhood will be oriented along Yard Street as the main feature street.
(2) North-south framework streets (i .e. Bobcat Avenue and Rail Street) will allow vehicular commercial traffic to circulate between Goodale Boulevard and Third Avenue. They will be landscaped and provide pedestrian connectivity.
(3) East-west avenue extensions (i.e. Burr Avenue, Williams Avenue, and Burrell Avenue/First Avenue) will be extended east into the District and will connect with Bobcat Avenue, Yard Street and Rail Street, as depicted on the District Framework Plan. These streets will provide pedestrian as well as vehicular connectivity with the existing neighborhoods.
(4) Additional alleys will be included within the District to provide service and access to portions of larger blocks. These alleys will be designed to accommodate the level and type (e.g. vehicular, pedestrian) of traffic and services anticipated.
(5) Goodale Boulevard will continue to serve as an existing arterial city street for orienting building, spaces, pedestrian connections, activity and graphics.
(6) A design element will be planned and constructed at the south terminus of Yard Street and Bobcat Avenue.
(b) General Building Placement Principles.
(1) Building facades adjacent to designated primary frontages should address the fronting street through the inclusion of entrances, architectural detailing and/or special facade finishes.
In the event a forecourt/greenspace is located between the primary frontage and the building facade, then building entrances are not required at the primary frontage provided architectural detailing and/or special facade finishes are utilized on the building facade adjacent to the primary frontage.
(2) Building facades may be placed around an auto-court as long as a landscape or architectural edge condition is maintained along the primary frontage road.
(3) Pedestrian connections should be established between the parking area and the sidewalk along the public right-of-way for the commercial building which the parking area primarily serves.
(4) There are no setback standards as part of this District.
(5) Spaces between buildings within blocks Q-S through I should be minimized except to allow green space/plazas, pedestrian access, or limited building service drives. For Blocks J through M and Block T, landscape elements may be used to hold the street edge in spaces between buildings along Yard Street, W. Third Avenue, Swan Street and the Burrell Avenue/First Avenue extension.
(6) Residential buildings may include multiple-story structures and be incorporated into commercial buildings. Freestanding townhouses, apartments, and/or condominiums should be oriented to public or private street frontage, green space or courtyards.
(c) General Building Form and Massing Principles.
(1) The District may be supported by parking garages, joint & shared parking arrangements, public or private parking areas and transit opportunities.
(2) For all properties south of Goodale, building heights shall not exceed eight (8) stories. For properties north of Goodale, building heights shall not exceed four (4) stories west of Bobcat Street, eight stories west of Yard Street and building heights are not limited east of Yard Street.
(3) Individual building lengths on Yard Street and the Burr, Williams, & Burrell/ First Avenue extensions shall not exceed 300 feet at street level without a break in the facade, which break shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, a variation in facade, building entrance, forecourt or building terminus.
(d) General Architectural Principles.
(1) Buildings should utilize a combination of facade modulation, differentiation of the base zone, and provision of such elements as display windows, balconies, arcades, and awnings at the base of the building.
(2) Windows shall use transparent glass on the first floor of a commercial building.
(3) Mechanical equipment on the roof of a building shall be screened from view from public right-of ways at the primary facade.
(4) All trash, service areas, and loading bays shall be screened.
(5) Building materials shall consist of primarily brick, stone, stucco (smooth or sand finish), glass, a pre-cast masonry, pre-cast concrete, metal, split-faced block, wood-lap siding, or fiber cement board.
(e) General Building Frontage Principles.
(1) Building projections, signs, balconies, awnings and bay windows may encroach into the right-of-way.
(2) Gallery overhangs and arcades may encroach upon public right-of-way and overlap the sidewalk provided they do not disrupt public use. A pedestrian passageway with ten-foot vertical clearance must be maintained underneath.
(3) Buildings with retail frontages may have varied storefronts reflective of the tenant businesses.
(4) Parking lots shall be buffered from all public street frontages with building, wall, fence, landscaping, or mound.
(f) General Parking Principles.
(1) A parking strategy will be submitted with a plan addressing adequate parking needs for the proposed development and how it fits with existing and planned parking within the District. Shared parking between the various blocks shall be permitted and the presence of shared parking and/or public or private parking areas (including, but not limited to, on-street parking) shall be considered when reviewing the adequacy of parking needs for the proposed development.
(2) Along Yard Street in blocks A through I, off-street parking should be located to the rear or side of a building.
(3) Large surface parking lots should have additional landscaping to compensate and visually reduce the mass of the parking area.
(4) Temporary parking conditions for future phases are permitted.
(5) Public parking stall sizes may vary, but shall not be less than 8' -6' wide by 18' deep, and shall not be less than a 58-foot parking module.
(6) Curb-cut widths leading to off-street parking spaces shall be minimized to encourage pedestrian cross movement and safety.
(h) General Landscape Principles.
(1) The Private Amenity Zone, where provided, shall include landscape or hardscape that is complementary to the streetscape.
(2) Areas between commercial buildings shall include a pedestrian plaza, pathway, or landscaping.
(3) Street trees may be removed in place of a gallery overhang or arcade and substituted with lower landscaping.
(i) General Lighting Principles.
(1) All site lighting fixtures shall be cut-off in type.
(2) Building lighting may be used to highlight architectural features.
(Ord. 2019-05. Passed 2-4-19.)