Tract C: North Second Street, Buckhorn Street, the Linear Park, Center Street.
(a) Basic objectives. The area shall be available for retail commercial development and shall be utilized to expand the Central Business District. Orientation shall be toward the Linear Park and Center Street.
(b) Physical organization. Prime retail floor space shall be concentrated along the Center Street frontage and along the Linear Park (formerly the Third Street right-of-way). Most of the prime commercial area shall be oriented to the Linear Park which connects the project residential areas with this commercial development. Interior pedestrian paths shall link the off-street parking areas with the Linear Park. Some second-story offices may be developed over street level commercial frontage of the Linear Park or at ground level along Center, Railroad and Second Streets. Ground level frontage on the Linear Park shall be limited to retail commercial and personal service establishments.
(Res. 5531, passed 4-22-1971)
(c) Land use. Land shall be used for retail commercial space and offices, with the exception of drive-in facilities, gas stations, automobile repair or sale, tire and auto washing establishments, motels, hotels or other transient housing facilities, pet shops, kennels, animal hospitals, and the like.
(Ord. 5766, passed 2-28-1974)
(d) Off-street parking. No off-street parking shall be required on site. Parking shall be provided in adjoining public lots. Parking areas provided on site may not face on the Linear Park and must be screened from it. All parking areas shall be screened by a four-foot high brick wall or by a wall of similar height consisting of other material or mature vegetation acceptable to the local public agency. All parking areas shall be paved. No vehicular access to parking areas shall be provided from Railroad Street or the Linear Park.
(e) Maximum height. No structure shall exceed 50 feet in height.
(f) Setback requirements. There shall be no setback requirements for structures located on Center Street, Railroad Street, the Linear Park or Second Street. Parking areas and loading zones shall be set back a minimum of five feet from the right-of-way and setback areas shall be suitably landscaped.
(g) Maximum land coverage. Maximum land coverage may be 100 percent except for required setback areas.
(h) Floor area ratio. Floor area ratio shall not exceed 3.0.
(i) Loading zones. All loading shall be provided on site and loading areas shall be screened by a brick wall at least four feet in height or by a wall of similar height consisting of other material or mature vegetation which is acceptable to the local public agency. No vehicular access shall be allowed from Railroad Street or the Linear Park. Loading areas shall be set back a minimum of five feet from all rights-of-way and shall be screened from the Linear Park. All loading zones shall be paved.
(Res. 5531, passed 4-22-1971)
(j) Lighting. All exterior public areas shall be lighted to a minimum level of .051 footcandles. All exterior lighting shall be approved by the Development Review Committee. All exterior lighting shall be compatible with the publicly provided street and mall lighting, in both type and design.
(k) Signs. No neon or other self-illuminated sign shall be permitted. Signs may be illuminated by indirect sources only. No freestanding sign shall be permitted. No sign shall be more than 30 square feet in size. No overhanging or projecting signs, except those hung from a canopy and less than six square feet in size, shall be permitted. No billboard type sign shall be permitted on the side of or on top of structures. No pennants, flags, banners or paper signs shall be permitted. No sign may protrude into the public right-of-way except as provided under a canopy. No sign shall protrude above the roof level of a structure. All exterior signs shall be approved by the Committee.
(Ord. 5664, passed 1-11-1973)