116-623 - Height and setback regulations

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

The provisions of Section 62-34 (Height and Setback Regulations on Waterfront Blocks) shall apply, except as modified in this
Section.

(a)   Required setback along a #shore public walkway#

       The provisions of paragraph (b)(2) or (c)(1) of Section 62-343 (Height and setback regulations in other medium- and
       high-density districts) shall be modified for #buildings# located on portions of a #zoning lot# where the distance between
       the edge of the stabilized shore and a landward #zoning# #lot line# is less than 150 feet. The depth of a required setback
       from the boundary of a #shore public walkway# may be reduced to five feet, provided that at least 40 percent of the
       width of each #story# required to be set back above the minimum base height is set back no less than 10 feet from the
       boundary of the #shore public walkway#.

(b)    Measurement of height

       The provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 62-34 shall apply, except for the purpose of this Section, #base plane# shall
       refer to an elevation of 16.8 feet above Richmond Datum.

(c)   Permitted obstructions

       The provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 62-34 shall apply, except that the penthouse provisions shall be superseded by
       paragraph (e) of this Section.

(d)    Maximum base height

       The maximum base height provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 62-343 shall apply, except a #building or other
       structure#, or a portion thereof, located within an #initial setback distance#, shall rise to a height of at least 25 feet or two
       #stories#, whichever is less, and may not exceed a maximum base height of 55 feet or five #stories#, whichever is less.

(e)   Maximum #building# height and tower size

       The maximum #residential# tower size provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 62-343 shall not apply. For the purposes of
       this paragraph (e), any portion of a #building# that exceeds a height of 55 feet or five #stories#, whichever is less, shall be
       considered a tower. #Buildings# with tower portions fronting on Edgewater Street shall not exceed a height of 120 feet
       above the #base plane#, and the height of any other #building# with tower portions shall not exceed a height of 110 feet
       above the #base plane. Each #story# within a tower portion of a #building# shall not exceed a gross area of 10,000 square
       feet up to a height of 90 feet or nine #stories#, whichever is less, and each #story# above a height of 90 feet, shall not
       exceed 90 percent of the gross area of that #story# directly below 90 feet. All #stories# within the tower portions of
       #buildings# shall be bounded on all sides by open areas on the #zoning lot#. For #zoning lots# with three or more
       #buildings#, no more than two #buildings# shall contain towers.

(f)   #Street wall# articulation facing #shore public walkways#

       The provisions of paragraph (d)(1) of Section 62-343 shall apply. In addition, for portions of #buildings# fronting on a
       #shore public walkway# with an #aggregate width of street wall# greater than 200 feet, such #street walls# shall provide a
       recess at least five feet deep and 55 feet wide, unobstructed from the lowest level of the #building# to the sky. In no event
       shall a #street wall# extend along a #shore public walkway# for a distance greater than 130 feet without providing such a
       recess. Furthermore, above the height of the second #story#, such #street walls# shall provide at least one additional recess
       with a minimum depth of five feet and a minimum width or, where applicable, an aggregate width, of at least 40 feet.