64-324 - Street wall location for flood-resistant buildings

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


For all #buildings#, where the #street wall# location regulations of this Resolution require the #street wall# to be located within eight feet of the #street
line#, such regulations may be modified to accommodate exterior stairs and ramps for access to the #building#, to comply with the requirements of
Section 64-50 (STREETSCAPE REGULATIONS), or to provide temporary flood control devices and associated fixtures, as follows:

(a)    no #street wall# need be located closer to the #street line# than eight feet;

(b)    for #buildings# on #zoning lots# with a #lot width# greater than or equal to 50 feet, up to 50 percent of the #aggregate width of street walls#
       may be recessed beyond eight feet of the #street line#, provided that any such recesses deeper than 10 feet along a #wide street# or 15 feet along a
       #narrow street# are located within an #outer court# and the height of such recess shall not be less than the height of the first #story# located
       completely above the level of the adjoining grade; and

(c)    for #buildings# on #zoning lots# with a #lot width# of less than 50 feet:

       (1)    for the first #story# above the #flood-resistant construction elevation#, or #reference plane#, as applicable, and any #street wall# below
              such first #story#, the #aggregate width of street wall# may be located anywhere; and

       (2)    for the remaining #aggregate width of street walls# above such #stories#, up to 50 percent of the #aggregate width of street walls# may be
              recessed beyond eight feet of the #street line#, provided that any such recesses deeper than 10 feet along a #wide street# or 15 feet along a
              #narrow street# are located within an #outer court#.

For all #buildings# where the aggregate width of exterior stairs, ramps, or elevated platforms in front of a #street wall# exceeds 70 percent or more along
the ground floor of the #street wall#, such stairs, ramps, or elevated platforms shall be screened by living plant material or by the provisions of
paragraph (b)(1) of Section 64-521 (Options available for all buildings).