Newton City Zoning Code
§ 320-9
T-5 Neighborhood Core Zone.
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A.
T-5 purpose. The T-5 Transect Zone covers the area surrounding the Town Core that provides the majority of the housing and employment that directly supports the Town Core. The T-5 Transect also provides for neighborhood cores to serve some of the neighborhoods which are closer to the Town Core area.
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(1)
The public frontage shall include street trees and landscaping along building frontages. Street furniture should be incorporated into street frontages for commercial and mixed-use buildings.
(2)
Allowed building types: single-family residential, townhouse, duplexes, triplexes, live/work, mixed-use, elevator flats, office, retail, hotels, civic, parking garage with liner building.
B.
T-5 Bulk requirements.
[Amended 6-25-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-17]
Building Configuration | Principal building | 5 stories/65 feet maximum; 2 minimum |
Accessory building | 2 stories/25 feet maximum | |
Lot Occupation | Lot width | 20 feet minimum |
Lot coverage | 80% max. | |
Building Disposition (§ 320-26B) | Edgeyard | Not permitted |
Sideyard | Permitted | |
Rearyard | Permitted | |
Courtyard | Permitted | |
Principal Building Setbacks | Front yard primary (g.1)1 | 2 feet minimum, 12 feet maximum |
Front yard secondary (g.2)1 for corner lot | 2 feet minimum, 12 feet maximum | |
Side yard (g.3)1 | 0 feet minimum, 24 feet maximum | |
Rear yard (g.4)1 | 3 feet minimum | |
Frontage build-out | 80% minimum at setback | |
Accessory Building Setbacks | Front (h.1)1 | 40 feet maximum from rear prop. |
Side yard (h.2)1 | 3 feet minimum or 5 feet for a corner lot | |
Rear yard (h.3)1 | 3 feet maximum | |
Private Frontages (§ 320-26A) | Common lawn | Not permitted |
Porch and fence | Permitted | |
Terrace | Permitted | |
Forecourt | Permitted | |
Shopfront and awning | Permitted | |
Gallery | Permitted | |
Arcade | Permitted | |
Civic Spaces (§ 320-26C) | Park | Not permitted |
Green | Not permitted | |
Square | Not permitted | |
Plaza | Permitted | |
Playground | Permitted |
NOTES: 1 See § 320-9C. |
C.
T-5 building configuration and height.
BUILDING CONFIGURATION 1. Building height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the mean elevation of the roof surface. 2. Stories may not exceed 14 feet in height from finished floor to finished ceiling, except for a first-floor commercial function which must be a minimum of 11 feet with a maximum of 24 feet. |  |
SETBACKS — PRINCIPAL BLDG 1. The facades and elevations of principal buildings shall be distanced from the lot lines as shown. 2. Facades shall be built along the principal frontage to the minimum specified width in the table. |  |
SETBACKS — OUTBUILDINGS 1. The elevation of the outbuilding shall be distanced from the lot lines as shown. |  |
PARKING PLACEMENT 1. Uncovered parking spaces may be provided within the third layer as shown in the diagram. 2. Covered parking shall be provided within the third layer as shown in the diagram. Side-or rear-entry garages may be allowed in the first or second layer at the discretion of the Planning Board. 3. Trash containers shall be stored within the third layer. |  |