The following setback/build-to regulations apply to the areas described in each subsection (See Setback/Build-to Regulations Area map for illustrative purposes only.)
(a) Build-To Area.
Buildings must extend to the street line for at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the lot frontage in the following areas:
(.1) RMX-3, CMX-4, and CMX-5 lots in the:
(.a) Chestnut and Walnut Street Area;
(.b) Locust Street Area;
(.c) Spruce Street Area;
(.d) John F. Kennedy Boulevard Area;
(.e) West Market Street Area.
(.2) Commercially-zoned lots in the Central Broad Street Area.
(.3) All lots in the Central South Street/Head House Square Area.
(b) Independence Hall Area.
No building or portion of the exterior of a building in the Independence Hall Area shall be constructed, reconstructed, erected, or altered if the proposed construction, reconstruction, erection, or alteration will extend beyond any building line established as of July 29, 1954 or thereafter.
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(.1) For lots zoned RSA-5 or RM-1 the minimum lot size shall be 1,080 sq. ft., provided that:
(.a) The lot meets the minimum lot width requirement of the zoning district;
(.b) The lot does not contain a historic building and is not located within a historic district, as defined in § 14-203 (Definitions); and
(.c) The lot is not located in a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District as provided in § 14-504 (/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District).
(.2) Lots zoned RM-1 with a lot size of at least 1,600 sq. ft. may be divided into two lots with a minimum lot size of 800 sq. ft., provided that:
(.a) At least seventy-five percent (75%) of lots adjacent to the lot to be divided are 1,000 sq. ft. or less;
(.b) Each of the lots created meets the minimum lot width requirement of the zoning district;
(.c) There are no existing buildings on the lot;
(.d) The lot does not contain a historic building and is not located within a historic district, as defined in § 14-203 (Definitions); and
(.e) The lot is not located in a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District as provided in § 14-504 (/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District).
Notes
| 369 | Added, Bill No. 140519-AAA (approved October 27, 2015). |