Tract P: Fourth Street, Railroad Street, the Linear Park, an irregular line a maximum of 195 feet northwest of Railroad Street.
(a) Basic objectives. The basic objectives shall be to provide convenience retail commercial facilities oriented to needs of project area residents and the residential area to the north of the project area.
(b) Physical organization. This area shall be developed with convenience commercial establishments and secondary retail floor space situated along Railroad Street, with primary orientation to the Linear Park. The Linear Park shall interconnect the convenience commercial shops with adjacent high, medium and low-density residential areas and the prime retail sector. Some parking shall be provided across Second Street in public facilities.
(c) Land use. Land shall be used for convenience commercial, office and secondary retail uses. No drive-in facilities shall be permitted. Bakery shops, barber shops and beauty parlors, ice cream stores, drug stores, food stores, launderettes, laundromats, drycleaning establishments, variety stores, offices and other similar or accessory uses shall be permitted. A utility easement 20 feet wide shall be reserved beginning at a point approximately 212 feet from the southwestern right-of-way line (riverside) of North Fourth Street (vacated Cedar Alley).
(Res. 5531, passed 4-22-1971)
(d) Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall consist of one space for each 500 square feet of retail sales area and one space for each 200 square feet of office space. Parking areas may not face on the Linear Park and shall be screened from it. All parking areas shall be located within 350 linear feet of the projected facility and shall be at least nine feet by 18 feet in size. 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 shall be allowed to parking areas from the Linear Park or from within 100 feet of the Linear Park along Railroad Street.
(Ord. 5569, passed 10-14-1971)
(e) Maximum height. No structure shall exceed 40 feet in height.
(f) Setback requirements. No setback is required from Railroad Street or the Linear Park. A minimum ten-foot setback is required from all other lot lines. All parking and loading zones shall be set back at least five feet from the right-of-way. All setback areas shall be suitably landscaped.
(g) Maximum land coverage. Land coverage may be 100 percent except for required setback areas.
(h) Floor area ratio. The floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.5.
(i) Loading zones. All loading shall be provided on site. 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 acceptable to the local public agency. No loading area shall face on the Linear Park and all such areas shall be screened from the Linear Park. All loading zones shall be paved. There shall be no access to loading zones from the Linear Park or from within 100 feet of the Linear Park along Railroad Street.
(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 compatible with the publicly provided street and mall lighting, in both type and design. All exterior lighting shall be approved by the Development Review Committee.
(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. Signs shall not exceed 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)