(a) Applicability.
The Powelton Village /NCO applies to the properties bounded by 35th Street, Spring Garden Street, 31st Street, Powelton Avenue, 32nd Street, Summer Street, Natrona Street, Powelton Avenue, 34th Street, and Lancaster Avenue, as shown on the following map ("Zone 1") for illustrative purposes only; and to the properties bounded by 39th Street, Spring Garden Street, 35th Street, Lancaster Avenue, 36th Street, Warren Street, 37th Street, Lancaster Avenue, Powelton Avenue, 38th Street, and Lancaster Avenue, as shown on the following map ("Zone 2") for illustrative purposes only.
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(b) Zoning Regulations for Residential and Residentially-Zoned Structures.
These regulations shall apply to residentially-zoned properties and to properties permitted by L&I for exclusive residential use.
(.1) Building Setback Line.
Where a new building is attached to an existing structure, the setback of the primary facade of the new structure shall match the setback of the primary facade of the existing adjacent structure, unless a greater setback is required by the Zoning Code.
(.2) Building Height.
Notwithstanding other sections of the Zoning Code, the height of a new structure shall be limited to three stories, and 35 ft.
(.3) Porches.
Where a new building is attached to an existing structure that includes a porch, the new structure shall also include a porch. The new porch must match the existing depth, roofline, and floorline of the existing adjacent porch.
(c) Design Standards for Residential and Residentially-Zoned Structures.
These regulations shall apply to residentially-zoned properties and to properties permitted by L&I for exclusive residential use.
(.1) Fenestration.
(.a) For all new construction, windows along the street frontage of the first floor shall:
(i) have an overall window height of at least 5 ft. from sill to head, and;
(ii) have a minimum aggregate width, in linear feet, of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total linear frontage of the first floor.
(.b) Where a building permit is required, replacement windows on existing structures facing a public right-of-way shall maintain at least ninety percent (90%) of the glazing for the windows that they replace.
(.c) Where a building permit is required, flush mounted windows shall be prohibited for all facades or portions of facades with masonry exteriors. In such facades, windows shall be inset a minimum of two inches from the exterior face. For all other facade materials, windows must either be recessed a minimum of two inches from the exterior face or they must include a head and sill or window surround of a contrasting material projecting from the adjacent exterior face of the facade by at least one inch.
(.2) Utilities.
New utility meters and HVAC equipment located on frontages shall be screened with landscaping, fences, or walls. Any other utility structures and their conduits facing a frontage shall be painted to match the wall or otherwise have their visibility minimized. This provision shall not apply to satellite dishes less than one meter in diameter or window air conditioning units.
(.3) Impervious Coverage.
The impervious coverage for front and rear yards shall not exceed fifty percent (50%). Open, roofed porches shall be excluded from this calculation.
(.4) Screening of Refuse Containers.
It is encouraged that new multifamily buildings provide interior trash storage areas, or exterior screened enclosures attached permanently to the building and installed into the ground so that waste receptacles are not visible from the public right-of-way. Such storage areas and enclosures shall not be permitted in the required front setback of a property or within the public right-of- way.
(.5) Cornices.
New semi-detached buildings shall include a cornice where the existing, attached structure includes a cornice. The depth, height and alignment of the new cornice shall match that of the existing, adjacent structure.
(.6) Porches. 390
(.a) Existing porches at the front of a building shall not be enclosed to make interior living space, unless enclosed with at least eighty percent (80%) of facade consisting of transparent glass.
(.b) Accessible or visitable units are exempt from the requirements of this subsection (.6).
(.7) Materials.
(.a) For new construction, the following building facade materials shall be prohibited on any facade that is visible from a public right-of-way – vinyl siding, horizontal aluminum siding, highly textured stucco, exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), and concrete masonry units (CMU).
(.b) Retaining walls and garden walls located along a street frontage shall not be constructed of concrete masonry units (CMUs) unless capped and covered with stone, cultured stone, stucco, or brick.
(.c) Fences or fence walls located along a street frontage shall not be constructed of chain link or concrete masonry units (CMU).
(.d) New porches or decks erected in the front yard shall not be constructed of unpainted, pressure treated wood.
(.e) Projecting bay windows that face a street may not be constructed of stucco.
(d) Design Standards for Commercial Structures.
These regulations shall apply to commercially-zoned properties, unless covered by subsection (c).
(.1) Building Facades.
For all new construction and for all facade alterations that require a building permit, where a street frontage of a new building or building subject to facade alteration exceeds 20 ft. on a single street, the facade facing that street shall be broken up by at least one offset plane making up at least fifteen percent (15%) of that facade. Architectural features including, but not limited to, bay windows, cornices, recesses, overhangs, and any other variations in planes with a minimum dimension of at least 18 in., from the primary facade plane, may be used to meet this requirement.
(.2) Fenestration.
(.a) For new construction, windows of first floor habitable space, as defined in the Property Maintenance Code, Section PM-202, that face a street frontage shall:
(i) have an overall window height of at least 6 ft. from sill to head, and;
(ii) at the primary facade, have a minimum aggregate width in linear feet of at least sixty- six percent (66%) of the total linear frontage of the first floor.
(.3) Utilities.
New utility meters and HVAC equipment located on frontages shall be screened with landscaping, fences, or walls. Any other utility structures and their conduits facing a frontage shall be painted to match the wall or otherwise have their visibility minimized. This provision shall not apply to satellite dishes less than one meter in diameter or window air conditioning units.
(.4) Materials.
For new construction, the following front building facade materials shall be prohibited – vinyl siding, horizontal aluminum siding, highly textured stucco, exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), and concrete masonry units (CMU).
Notes
| 389 | Added, Bill No. 170399 (approved July 11, 2017). |
| 390 | Enrolled bill deleted former subsection (.a) but failed to renumber subsequent subsections; renumbered by Code editor. |