Encourage economic development and redevelopment of under utilized parcels.

Assist in unifying Fayette Street as an attractive, vibrant mixed-use corridor.

Promote pedestrian orientation of streets and buildings.

Use scale, building orientation, and landscaping to establish community identity.

To incentivize lot assembly and consolidation toward the more efficient and cost-effective use of land.

Simplify and streamline the approval process.

Zone One extends from Elm Street on the east side of Fayette Street and 1st Avenue on the west side of Fayette Street to 4th Avenue.

Zone Two extends from 4th Avenue to 9th Avenue.

Zone Three extends from 9th Avenue to 12th Avenue.

The Fayette Street Corridor Overlay District shall be considered a mixed-use district. More than one use, in a single building, per lot is permitted in the FCO District in accordance with the requirements in this chapter.

Additional Use-Specific Requirements.

Blank walls facing Fayette Street are prohibited. Exterior walls should contain architectural elements and colors that are consistent with the building and facade. The ground floor front facades of buildings fronting a street shall consist of a minimum of 45% window area and a maximum of 80%, with views provided through these windows into the business. Upper story windows of front facades shall not be boarded or covered and shall comprise a minimum of 35% window area in the facade above the ground floor and a maximum of 75%. Those portions of walls without window area shall consist of architectural elements that help to break up the wall. These elements can consist of lighting, projections, decorative brick, or tile, or other articulation.

Street facing buildings should exhibit varying roof heights to break up horizontal form and contain architectural elements like gables, dormers and cornices and/or other architectural treatments that add detail and interest to the building facades that face streets. Flat roofs shall not be permitted in Zone Two on buildings that are four stories.

Buildings and major pedestrian entrances shall be oriented towards the primary street frontage or public plazas.

The front yard required by § 27-2304 shall be measured from the curbline of the public street.

A side yard is not required along the side of a building that shares a party wall.

A minimum unobstructed sidewalk width of five feet is required.

Street trees shall be planted by the developer along all public rights-of-way. Street trees shall be planted at intervals of no more than 40 feet and shall be maintained by the property owner. Tree species shall be selected that require minimal maintenance and are native or noninvasive to the region.

Signs.

A historic single-family detached dwelling as defined pursuant to § 27-1902-C, Definitions, of this Chapter shall remain subject to the requirements of Part 19-C, HRC-Historic Residential Conservation Overlay District, even if the single-family detached dwelling is proposed to be expanded, altered, demolished, or converted as part of a development under the FCO District.

Off-Street Parking Requirement. Nonresidential uses shall be required to provide a minimum of three parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, excluding parking structure uses. Residential uses shall be required to provide a minimum of one space per dwelling unit for efficiency and one-bedroom dwelling units and 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit for dwelling units with two or more bedrooms. The total required number of off-street parking spaces shall be the combined number of spaces required for nonresidential and residential uses proposed on the site.

The required off-street parking spaces may be located elsewhere than on the same lot when authorized as a conditional use by the Borough Council subject to the following conditions:

Where feasible, ingress and egress from parking shall be from side streets or alleys, not Fayette Street.

Parking areas must be to the side or rear of buildings and shall comply with setback requirements as established in the underlying district. Parking areas are prohibited in the required front yard and/or in the area between the front of the principal building and the street line.

Parking areas shall provide pedestrian walkways and connections to the public sidewalk system and to the building.

Parking structures shall be designed and scaled to be compatible with adjacent buildings and architecture.

The creation of new sidewalk curb cuts shall be avoided whenever an alternative point of access is available or can be created. Shared access agreements are encouraged.