32-322 - Alternate ground floor level regulations for certain frontages

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024

Along the #Tier B street frontage# of a #ground floor level#, as an alternative to the provisions of Section 32-321, the provisions
of paragraph (b) of this Section may be applied where the qualifying criteria set forth in paragraph (a) is met.

(a)    Qualifying criteria

       The provisions of this Section may be applied along a #Tier B street frontage# where one of the following criteria are met:

       (1)    the #zoning lot# frontage is an #impeded access frontage#;

       (2)    there is a #Residence District#, #Manufacturing District# or C3 or C8 District mapped along the same #street#
              frontage as the #zoning lot# frontage either on the same #block#, or along a portion of the #block# across the
              #street# from the #zoning lot#;

       (3)    the #zoning lot# has multiple #street# frontages, and at least two #street# frontages will meet either the standard
              requirements for #Tier B street frontages# in Section 32-321 or the applicable regulations for #Tier C street
              frontages#; or

       (4)    where, at the time of application for a permit for a #development# or #ground floor level# #enlargement#, less
              than 75 percent of the #street line# width of #zoning lots# on the ‘social block’ surrounding the subject #zoning
              lot# are allocated to #zoning lots# with #commercial buildings# or #mixed buildings#.

              For the purposes of this Section, the ‘social block’ shall be the portion of the #block# containing the subject
              #zoning lot# that abuts the #Tier B street frontage#, as well as the portion of the #blocks# immediately across the
              #Tier B street frontage# from such #block#. Such calculation shall contain all the #zoning lots# along such #block#
              frontage except that where the width of any such #block# frontage exceeds 250 feet, the calculation need only
              extend 100 feet from the outermost extents of the subject #zoning lot#, as measured along the #street line#.
                                                     EXAMPLE OF ‘SOCIAL BLOCK’


(b)   Alternative provisions

      Where the qualifying criteria is met, along the #Tier B street frontage# of the #ground floor level#, the following shall
      apply:

      (1)    Parking wrap and location

             (i)    Along #wide streets#

                    For #ground floor level# frontages along #wide streets#, portions of a #ground floor level# allocated to
                    #accessory# off-street parking facilities or #public parking garages#, except for permitted entrances and
                    exits, shall be located behind #floor area# that is allocated to non-parking #uses#, to a #minimum qualifying
                    depth#, so that no portion of such facility is visible from adjacent public sidewalks. However, for
                    #buildings# with a #street wall# width in excess of 100 feet and with no frontage along another #street#
                    where parking spaces are permitted within a #minimimum qualifying depth#, the provisions of paragraph
                    (a)(7)(iii) of Section 32-321 may be applied.

             (ii)   Along other #street# frontages

                    For #ground floor level# frontages along other frontages, portions of a #ground floor level# allocated to
                    #accessory# off-street parking facilities or #public parking garages#, may be wrapped by #floor area#, or
                     screened, in accordance with the provisions for #Tier A street frontages# set forth in paragraph (a) of
                     Section 32-312. No open parking shall be visible from adjacent public sidewalks.

       (2)    Blank walls

              Along the #Tier B street frontage# of a #ground floor level#, for any #blank walls#, at least 70 percent of the
              surface area of such #blank wall# shall be mitigated with wall treatment, in the form of permitted #signs#, subject
              to the provisions of Section 32-60, murals or other visual artwork, or living plant material. Any portion of a murals
              or other artwork that incorporates addresses, text or logos related to the #building# or tenants therein, shall be
              considered a #sign#.