The table below applies to development standards based on the type of proposed development activity. Typically, more than one development activity will apply (for example, an expansion of an existing use may include both an addition and a facade modification).

To provide requirements for dedicated parking spaces for both vehicles and bicycles away from public streets and offer convenient and intuitive provisions for parking spaces.

To provide clear requirements for the location and design of parking areas and structures.

To provide for vehicle access and driveways to and from parking areas and structures.

All allowed uses in Article III, Use Regulations.

Minimum spaces required do not apply to lots that meet one of the following conditions:

New buildings or uses proposed within the University-College Campus (UC-C) district may be exempt from standard parking requirements, provided a parking plan is submitted that details existing and proposed parking spaces, their locations, and anticipated usage. The Planning Commission shall review and approve this plan.

The Zoning Officer (for a Minor Site Plan) and the Planning Commission (for a Major Site Plan) shall consider the entire site layout and its overall effect on traffic circulation and vehicular interaction with other users of the property. In doing so, the Zoning Officer and/or the Planning Commission shall take into consideration internal intersections, sight distances, crosswalks, loading areas, pickup and dropoff areas, exterior doors, and landscaping. The Commission shall have the responsibility to condition approvals on changes to the proposal it feels are necessary to achieve a safe overall design for all interested parties and users.

No parking space or accessway within a parking facility shall be used for any purpose other than those for which they were designed. No space or accessway shall be used for display of merchandise, storage of stock, servicing of vehicles, whether temporary or permanent, unless the intent to use such areas for such activity is clearly marked on the plans and mitigation measures are designed to separate moving traffic from those areas.

No parked vehicle shall impede the flow of traffic or the ability of pedestrians to utilize the sidewalk area, whether or not a physical sidewalk has been installed.

The table below conveys required vehicle parking spaces for land uses organized by land use category.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are intended to serve or on an immediately adjacent lot under the same ownership or legal control. Parking on adjacent lots must remain available to the principal use it was constructed to serve for as long as that use remains.

Common parking areas may be provided for two or more uses, so long as all required parking regulations are met and the common parking area meets the requirements of the subsections above.

Off-street parking facilities shall be located in the same zone as the use they are intended to serve.

Parking structures shall be set back from lot lines in accordance with the setback requirements of the zoning district in which they are located.

Facilities shall be designed so that each vehicle may enter and exit a parking space without maneuvering into a public right-of-way or pedestrian facility or without moving any other legally parked vehicle.

Driveways and parking areas shall be designed to integrate pedestrian and bicycle activity as well as provide safe and efficient access to the street system, interior circulation, and landscaping areas. Interior pedestrian and bicycle circulation for parking areas shall comply with all relevant provisions in this chapter.

All parking structures shall be designed so that drivers negotiating corners and turns within the structure have the best sight distance possible.

The ground level of the structure along any street should be devoted to retail or office space to provide continuity to the business frontage.

The structure shall be well-lit and provide for emergency communications on every level.

The structure shall be ADA-accessible.

The parking stalls and drive aisles shall have minimum dimensions in accordance with the table below:

For every 20 spaces provided by the applicant for motor vehicles, one bicycle parking space shall be provided, with a minimum of two bicycle spaces for all proposals.

Bicycle parking facilities shall be located near the building and in such an area so they are not a hazard to motor vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians.

Bicycle parking facilities shall not be located or designed so that they block or hinder the availability of building entrances and exits or any facilities provided for the physically disabled.

All bicycle spaces shall provide the cyclist with a permanent fixture to which the bicycle can be secured while the cyclist is on the property.

Bicycle parking spaces shall be kept clear of debris, snow, ice, and standing water just as with spaces for motor vehicles and pedestrians.

Loading spaces, wherever proposed, shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide and 25 feet long. These calculations shall not include any access drives or maneuvering space.

Loading and storage facilities shall not be visible from the street or any residential use and must be located to the rear or side of buildings to the maximum extent practicable.

Access drives to loading areas shall be of sufficient dimensions to handle the traffic using the loading area.

A loading area is not required. If loading area is proposed, adequate space must be made available on-site for the unloading and loading of goods, materials, items, or stock for delivery and shipping.

Loading and unloading activities cannot encroach on or interfere with sidewalks, multi-modal lanes, driveways, drive aisles, stacking spaces, or parking lots.

Vehicular access shall be gained from an alleyway wherever physically practical. Where not physically practical, access may be gained from a street. In most business areas, on-street parking is strongly encouraged.

No access driveway shall be located within 30 feet of an intersection and 15 feet from intersection of an alley or as otherwise directed by the Zoning Officer. Access driveways shall access side streets instead of main arterials (including, but not limited to, Logan Boulevard, North Logan Boulevard, Chestnut Avenue, Juniata Gap Road, the 300 to 600 blocks of East 25th Avenue, Union Avenue, 58th Street, 6th Avenue, 7th Avenue, Broad Avenue, Beale Avenue, Plank Road, Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Valley View Boulevard, and North 4th Avenue) where practicable, and where it is not practicable, the City Engineering Supervisor may waive this requirement.

The following table shall apply to vehicular access driveways along a property frontage.

No bi-directional access driveway shall be wider than 26 feet for residential/35 feet for commercial or narrower than 10 feet at the point where such a driveway crosses the street or alley right-of-way line. The width may be increased to 35 feet if the access driveway is to be utilized heavily by truck traffic.

The minimum curb radius on an access driveway at the street or alley shall be five feet.

All access driveways shall be paved with a durable material suitable to bear the load of vehicular traffic.

Parking shall not be permitted on an access driveway.

Access through a residential zoning district to a nonresidential district shall be prohibited unless no other option exists.

State highway occupancy permits are required for access to a state highway, and separate City permits are required to access a City street. Possession of such permits does not relieve an applicant's responsibility to comply with these standards.

The Zoning Officer or Planning Commission, upon proper review of the application, may require the applicant to install an access driveway to the abutting property line to facilitate better movement between uses in business districts. This requirement can be invoked even if there is no existing connection on the opposite side of the property line as a planned future connector. See Chapter 300, Driveways, for further guidance.

Except for lots with a single- or two-unit residential principal structure, every building or land use established as new construction shall provide landscaping, buffering, and screening in accordance with the minimum requirements set forth in this section.

For additions and site modifications, the standards of this section apply when the size (i.e., total floor area) of an existing structure or use is expanded or enlarged by 30% or more. In the case of such expansions or enlargements, additional landscaping, buffering, and screening is required to serve only the enlarged or expanded area.

All land development proposals shall include street trees to be planted between the sidewalk and the curb. If there is no sidewalk, street trees may be planted within 10 feet of the curb.

Throughout the City, one tree shall be planted along the street for every 30 feet of street frontage, equidistantly if possible. Trees shall be installed in the Mixed-Use Center (MX-C) zoning district as directed in this section. All calculations shall be rounded up.

Trees to be planted shall have a minimum diameter of two inches at a point four feet above the ground. All stock shall be nursery-grown, balled, and burlapped as well as meet the standards of the American Standard for Nursery Stock (ANSIZ-60.1) at the time of planting.

The species of the street trees to be planted shall be selected with regard to the presence or absence of overhead utilities, underground utilities, or sidewalks. A list of approved street trees species can be provided by the Zoning Officer.

Tree grates or decorative fencing or rubber tree wells may be required to protect new trees in dense areas or other high-traffic areas.

Trees shall be planted in the following manner:

Existing trees may be used to meet the requirements of this section if each tree is healthy and if its dripline (the area underneath the branches' leaves) is protected from soil disturbance and compaction through the development process.

All proposals shall include a buffer area as defined herein. A buffer yard is intended to separate incompatible uses via a horizontal linear distance. Landscaping for these buffer yards is discussed in below.

Buffer yards shall be calculated based on the incompatibility of adjacent land uses. These uses are as follow:

Buffer yards shall be provided by the applicant along the perimeter of the site or lot and shall extend to the edge of the property.

Different buffer yards may be required where the incompatibility differs.

No parking, structures, dumpsters, light standards shall be permitted in a buffer yard.

Buffer yards may be used for passive recreation and trails, provided the required distances and landscaping are maintained.

Buffer yards may be split where an access drive must cross perpendicular to the street or an adjoining property.

The table below indicates the required Buffer Type between the Adjacent Use Classes:

Landscaping shall include low shrubbery at a ratio of at least one shrub for every 10 linear feet of wall and high shrub or tree for every 20 linear feet of wall. These quantities are in addition to the required plant quantities for buffers.

The landscaped area for perimeter landscaping shall be consistent with the required buffer yard area.

The perimeter landscaping area shall be seamlessly integrated with the street tree requirements as well as the interior landscaping and foundational landscaping requirements:

Elsewhere, the plantings shall be designed to screen and filter out noise, light, and odor produced by the proposed development and create a full screen within five years.

The required setback between parking lots and buildings shall be landscaped to eliminate large expanses of blank wall.

Interior landscaping shall be required between the frontage/perimeter and foundational landscaping, particularly in the parking lot. Landscaping shall be required to provide definition and traffic control within a parking lot as follows:

To provide standards for the development of new buildings and structures that have quality of design, provide visual interest and detail, and contribute to a consistent urban building fabric.

Except for lots with a single- or two-unit residential principal structure, every building or lot established as new construction shall be in accordance with the minimum requirements set forth in this section.

For additions and facade modifications, the standards of this section apply unless the Zoning Officer or the Planning Commission determine that the development activity meets one of the following:

The design of a structure shall be of a compatible architectural style and treatment with surrounding buildings and sites.

Buildings shall exhibit a clearly defined base, mid-section, and crown. This can be accomplished using a combination of architectural details, materials, and colors.

The overall massing of buildings shall have areas of noticeable 3-D relief or be broken down into smaller shapes to reduce the scale and avoid the appearance of a "large box."

Architectural features and windows shall be continued on all sides of the building to avoid blank exterior walls, unless the wall is not visible from a public street, parkland, or parking area.

Any changes in exterior building material shall occur at interior corners.

Building designs shall be varied and shall avoid long, flat facades.

The vertical plane of a building facade shall be broken up with a high level of articulation, especially at ground level.

A repeating pattern of wall recesses and projections, such as bays, offsets, reveals, or projecting ribs, which have a relief of at least eight inches, is encouraged.

No facade shall exceed 40 feet in horizontal length without a change in facade plane. Any changes to a facade plane shall be at least 1.5 feet in depth and at least eight feet in length.

Permitted primary facade materials. The following durable, high-quality materials are allowed for primary facades visible from public streets or public spaces, such as:

Prohibited or limited facade materials. Discourage or prohibit the use of lower-quality or visually incompatible materials on visible facades:

Material changes and transitions.

Accent materials and secondary treatments.

All new construction and site modifications.

For additions and minor site modifications, Subsection C below applies unless determined by the Zoning Officer or the Planning Commission that the lot meets one of the following conditions:

Exceptions.

Sidewalks shall be provided along the entire length of the property. On a corner lot, the sidewalk shall be extended along the second street as well.

All sidewalks shall be constructed to provide adequate access to the physically disabled.

Sidewalks shall be a minimum five feet wide, with the edge running along the right-of-way line and the sidewalk width extending into the right-of-way.

Except in the Mixed Use Center District (MX-C), there shall be a landscaped strip left between the curb and sidewalk. The strip shall be a minimum of five feet wide and include street trees as required in § 800-63C. Decorative pavers or concrete or other plantings can be approved by the Zoning Officer in cases where the would be planting strip is less than five feet.

In the Mixed Use Center District (MX-C), the sidewalk width shall extend from the street right-of-way line to the curb. In such areas, the following treatments shall also apply:

Walkways shall provide adequate pedestrian circulation within the lot as well as between the lot, street and abutting properties.

All proposals shall include pedestrian access via a built walkway from the sidewalk to the main building entrance and to the interior pedestrian circulation system.

Sidewalks and walkways shall connect to adjacent properties that extend to the shared lot lines.

Walkways shall be constructed to provide adequate access to the physically disabled.

Walkways shall be a minimum of five feet wide. This width shall be unobstructed by merchandise, car overhangs, and other obstacles.

Where any pedestrian facility intersects an access driveway, a crosswalk shall be clearly designated on the surface of the access driveway. Crosswalks shall also be provided anywhere a sidewalk intersects an access drive.

If the proposal requires a traffic signal, such traffic control signal shall include button-activated pedestrian lights for all directions of travel and painted crosswalks on the streets at the intersection. This signal shall be of the two-tier walk/don't walk variety, or its equivalent.

Walkways shall be located in a manner that is consistent with human walking patterns; the system should not expect a person to travel out of the way to arrive at the destination.

Where practicable and appropriate, walkway connections should be made to any adjacent public park, greenway, hiking trail, or other public or civic use, including but not limited to schools, places of worship, public recreational facilities, or government offices.

If the proposal is to be directly served by a bus stop, a bench shall be placed at the bus stop location. The bench type and quality should generally match existing benches at bus stops throughout the community and should generally be affixed to a concrete pad. The exact type of bench and base shall be coordinated with AMTRAN.

All new construction.

For Additions and facade modifications, only building lighting needs to come into compliance.

Light sources shall be concealed or shielded to minimize the potential for direct glare and unnecessary diffusion on adjacent property, rights-of-way, and streets and shall be directed downward.

The style of light standards and fixtures shall be consistent with the style and character of architecture proposed on the site.

On-site lighting fixtures in residential developments must not exceed 16 feet in height. For nonresidential developments with structures 35 feet or less in height, fixtures must not exceed 20 feet in height. For nonresidential structures greater than 35 feet in height, fixtures must not exceed 30 feet in height.

Except for decorative lighting aimed at highlighting a feature of the building, building-mounted lights shall be installed so that all light is directed downward.

Floodlight fixtures must either be aimed down at least 45 degrees from vertical or the front of the fixture shielded so that no portion of the light bulb extends below the bottom edge of the shield.

Interior or exterior flickering, pulsating, flashing lights, neon tubing or lights, high- and low-pressure sodium lights, and any other lights that could distract or confuse a motorist, are prohibited.

For commercial developments, parking lot lighting shall be illuminated only from dusk to closing and from opening until dawn. Other lighting on the property shall be reduced by 75% during these periods.

Street lighting shall be required and installed pursuant to the standards established by the Director of Public Works.

All new construction.

Additions.

Site modifications.

Location. Dumpsters shall be located at the rear of the property, outside of public view to the greatest extent feasible. Placement shall not obstruct drive aisles, fire lanes, or required parking spaces.

Screening. All dumpsters shall be fully enclosed within a masonry screening structure that complements the materials and colors of the primary building. If concrete masonry units (CMU) or concrete blocks are used, any exposed surfaces must feature a split-faced finish.

Gates and doors. Each enclosure shall include opaque, solid doors that fully conceal the contents of the dumpster when closed. Acceptable materials include metal or wood. Slatted fencing or vinyl/plastic doors are not permitted. Doors shall remain closed when the dumpster is not in use.

Foundation. Dumpsters shall be placed on a poured concrete pad designed to support the weight of a fully loaded dumpster and collection vehicle.

Maintenance. Enclosures and gates shall be maintained in good condition and kept free of damage, graffiti, and accumulated debris.

Any wall or fence forward of the front yard setback shall not exceed four feet in height. A fence six feet in height shall be permitted when located behind the front facing building facade.

Any fence in the rear yard or side yard shall be permitted a maximum height of six feet.

Businesses or institutions may build security fences up to eight feet in height forward of the front setback line if the fences are at least 50% transparency and do not block visibility at intersections.

Any fence in the rear yard or side yard shall be permitted a maximum height of eight feet. Such fences may extend upward a maximum height of 10 feet if the fence maintains at least 50% transparency. This provision shall not apply to retaining walls or vegetated screening.