It is the purpose of this District to provide for the mixture of light-intensity commercial and residential uses commonly associated with the older neighborhoods of the City, while preserving historically and architecturally significant structures. This district attempts to recreate and strengthen the concept of interrelationship between residents and convenience retail and service businesses which historically formed the underlying fabric of the neighborhood, by promoting small commercial uses which primarily serve residents of the District in keeping with the historic settlement patterns, and single-family to moderate-density residential uses. These regulations are intended to promote the compatibility of these uses with each other, pedestrian travel within the District, and ensure that all future development and construction is built to standards appropriate for the neighborhood.
(a) Permitted Uses. In a TND Traditional Neighborhood District, the land and structures may be used, and structures may be erected, altered, enlarged and maintained for the following uses only:
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family duplex or two-single family units on one lot.
(3) Town houses with not more than eight units in a continuous row.
(4) Multi-family owner- or renter-occupied residential development with no more than 12 dwelling units per acre.
(5) Public utility transmission and distribution lines, substations and water pumping stations.
(6) Commercial establishments with a gross floor display area not to exceed 1,000 square feet, including antique shop, art gallery/studio, bakery, hair styling salon, bookstore, convenience/grocery store, hobby/craft/gift shop, hardware store, florist, dry cleaning (drop-off/pick-up) establishment, pet shop, pharmacy, and other similar uses approved by the Planning Commission. (Automotive repair is not a permitted commercial activity.)
(7) Eating (sit-down) and drinking establishments with an area not exceeding 1,000 square feet.
(8) Service establishments including day care center, funeral home, social club, bed and breakfast establishment, and other similar uses approved by the Planning Commission.
(9) Offices for commonly recognized professions not to exceed 1,000 square feet, including those for accountants, attorneys, physicians, dentists, chiropractors, engineers, optometrists, consultants and other similar uses approved by the Planning Commission.
(10) Parks, playgrounds and recreation areas not to exceed 5,000 square feet, under public or non-profit ownership.
(11) Minor impact home-based occupations.
(12) Accessory buildings, parking lots and uses on the same lot that are customarily incidental to and/or required for the above uses.
(b) Uses by Special Exception. The following uses may be permitted by special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, which may make approvals subject to conditions to be met and maintained by the applicant.
(1) The demolition of structures or portions of structures for a specific reuse within 12 months of the proposed completion of demolition.
(2) Permitted uses in subsections (a)(6), (7), (9) and (10) above, for areas in excess of the square footage designated.
(3) Churches or similar places of worship.
(4) The combination of two or more of the permitted within one parcel.
(5) Home-based occupation - major impact.
(6) Family day care home.
(7) Group day care home.
(8) Group home.
(c) Height Regulations. The height of the building shall not be greater than 35 feet and shall not be more than two and one-half stories.
(d) Area Regulations. The lot area per dwelling unit shall not be less than 4,000 square for single-and two-family residences and 2,500 square feet for other types of residential development. The minimum lot size for other uses shall be not less than 2,500 square feet.
(e) Width Regulations. On an interior lot, the lot width at the building restriction line shall not be less than 18 feet for multi-family and permitted nonresidential uses, 15 feet for single-family dwellings and 40 feet for any two-family dwellings. On a corner lot, the lot width at the building restriction line for any structure shall not be less than 50 feet.
(f) Yard Regulations. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less the depth or width indicated below:
(1) Front yard - 5 feet.
(2) Side yards - four feet for each side on an interior lot. On a corner lot, the side yard abutting the street shall not be less than 15 feet.
(3) Rear yard - 25 feet.
(4) Townhouses must meet the above front and rear yard requirements. However, individual side yard requirements do not apply except for the end of the row building, in which case the building end side yards shall be five feet for interior lots. On a corner lot, the side(s) yards abutting the street shall be 15 feet.
(5) The above front and side yard setbacks may be reduced to meet the average setbacks for existing structures on the same block of record.
(Ord. 5139. Passed 11-27-13; Ord. 5191. Passed 12-9-15.)