Requirements for all parcels within the Denton specific plan:
A. Walkways: Private walkways adjacent to buildings or plaza areas shall be designed to be wide enough to accommodate outdoor seating areas for pedestrian street furniture, amenities such as planter pots and trash receptacles and trees and other landscaping. Walkways adjacent to parking shall be a minimum of six feet (6') in width to allow for vehicle bumper overhang and adequate width for pedestrian movement.
B. Outdoor Patios: Commercial establishments that have an outdoor patio for the consumption of alcoholic beverages are required to provide a definable boundary for the "private" portion of the patio in which consumption is allowed. In addition, each establishment is required to implement a means to control access to the patio from the exterior or "public" areas. The barrier specifications shall be determined at the review of the development application and may include, but are not limited to, fencing, landscaping and signage.
C. Screening: Loading areas, undesirable building elements, transformers, HVAC and trash enclosures shall be screened in accordance with city code. Screening materials shall be consistent with that used on the primary structure. Roof mounted HVAC screening shall be incorporated into the design of the building through the use of raised parapets, screening walls or other acceptable solutions as identified during the review of the site plan. Whenever possible, trash enclosures should be designed as an extension of the building rather than freestanding elements.
D. Cart Corrals: Shall be permanent fixtures and constructed with masonry, stone or block. No signage identifying a tenant or products shall be located on the cart corrals. Cart corrals shall be anchored to the ground to prevent movement and misalignment due to vehicle and maintenance equipment hitting the corral.
E. Street Furniture: On file in the city are representations of the street furniture that when required shall be installed in the pedestrian use areas throughout the Denton development. Although deviations from the illustrations are permissible, the street furniture is intended to act as a unifying element within the overall Denton development.
F. Lot Size: Multiple buildings on one lot and lots less than the minimum square footage/acre required by code for the designated zoning parcel shall be considered acceptable if supported by appropriate access easements and if approved by the appropriate approval body as part of an overlay district site plan, permitted conditional use permit or subdivision plat.
G. Buffer Parks: Buffer screening between districts or parcels and uses shall not be required as set forth in section 9-19-8 of the city code, except as noted otherwise in this ordinance.
H. Building Setbacks: Unless otherwise stated or required to be larger due to buffering requirements, primary and accessory building setbacks from the perimeter and interior property lines of the Denton specific plan area shall be twenty five feet (25'). Residential and commercial buildings greater than three (3) stories shall be set back an additional ten feet (10') for every additional story (12 feet of height). If site layout is designed to meet the intent of the overlay district through the creation of a street presence, primary buildings may intermittently encroach into this setback; however, in no case shall any part of the building be located less than twenty feet (20') from the property line.
I. Height Restrictions: Unless otherwise noted in this ordinance, the height of a building will conform to the standard zoning provisions for that district, with the exception of building elements such as bell towers, clock towers or other vertical architectural elements. These elements may exceed height restrictions, as determined by the development planning and inspection manager.
J. Lighting Standards: It is intended that lighting for each development within the Denton specific plan area shall be designed to provide a safe environment, yet mitigate light pollution onto adjoining properties. During the design review of each building, the applicant must demonstrate how lighting will not adversely affect the adjoining properties.
1. Light fixtures shall be limited to a maximum of twenty five feet (25') in height as measured from the grade to the top of the fixture.
2. All lights shall be cutoff fixtures, no wall pack without shields to direct the light to the intended target or floodlighting is allowed.
3. As part of the review of each site plan, a photometric plan must be submitted. At the time of application, the plan shall demonstrate that light levels fall at or below one foot-candle at the perimeter of the development and, the interior property line of adjoining parcels unless shared parking fields or another component of development common to the parcels justifies otherwise or if adjacent to a public street in which public streetlights are installed adjacent to the property.
4. Canopy lighting used for drive-ups must use a recessed or flush lighting fixture so that no part of the fixture is visible from the street.
5. In addition to cutoff fixtures, particular attention shall be given to eliminate hot spots or light glare. To achieve this additional measures may include, but are not limited to, lowering parking lot light levels after business hours, turning off lights not necessary for security purposes and use of landscaping for light screening.
K. Parking Requirements: All parking areas shall be landscaped to screen visibility thereof from public rights of way or from any adjoining property outside the Denton development through the use of predominately evergreen plant materials and/or earthen berming and shall be reviewed at the time of review of the site plan for the development of the parcel.
1. The location of parking lots along streets shall be discouraged unless adequate visual screening is provided to mitigate views thereof.
2. Parking lots shall be set back a minimum of twenty five feet (25') from public streets and a minimum of fifteen feet (15') from property boundaries unless part of a shared parking arrangement.
3. Minimum parking stall measurements and drive aisle widths shall conform to title 9, chapter 15 of the city code.
4. Number of stalls:
a. With the exception of restaurants, all retail and office parcels must comply with a minimum requirement of one space per three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area (gfa).
b. Parking ratios for restaurants (sit down and fast food) shall provide within the lot a minimum of one space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area (gfa).
c. Minimum parking for residential uses shall be as follows:
(1) Senior housing (SIC 805): One and one-half (1.5) stalls per unit. At least one covered parking stall shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
(2) All other multi-family dwelling developments shall provide parking in accordance with section 9-15-7 of the city code.
5. For any residential dwelling intended as owner occupied and/or for which a condominium regime is established, a minimum of one of the required spaces for each unit shall be as an enclosed parking space. This parking space shall be a minimum of nineteen feet by nine feet (19' x 9') and may be designed as a freestanding garage, attached garage or multiple garage spaces within an enclosure. A specific covered parking space shall be designated for and legally tied to each dwelling unit. The covered space must be for the exclusive use of the occupant of the dwelling unit and cannot be rented or purchased by a third party, even if the dwelling unit is rented. (Ord. 2035, 5-19-2014)