Sec. 656.386. - Shopfront use.

(a) Land use. (1) Commercial uses as permitted in the Commercial Neighborhood (CN) district, residential uses, including guesthouses, and other similar uses as may be approved by the City Council at the time of the TND approval, except those listed as prohibited uses. At least 50 percent of the gross square footage of the shopfront use development shall be allocated to residential and/or guest house use. (2) Residential uses, except for entries and lobbies to residential uses, are not permitted on the ground floors of shopfront use buildings. (b) Land allocation. (1) A maximum of three shopfront use lots may be consolidated for the purpose of constructing a single building. (2) A maximum of 50 percent of all shopfront use lots may be consolidated. (3) A minimum of two shopfront use lots shall front on the mandatory square. (c) Lots and buildings. (1) Shopfront use lots shall have a maximum width of 50 feet and a minimum width of 25 feet. (2) Street-front entries shall be at grade to allow handicap access. (3) Buildings on shopfront use lots shall have the facade or column face of the colonnade built directly on the frontage line along at least 70 percent of their linear frontage. For lots at street intersections, the building shall be built directly on the side street frontage for at least 50 percent of its linear frontage. (4) The unbuilt portion of the frontage line shall have a streetwall built directly upon it. (5) Buildings on shopfront use lots shall have a setback of zero feet along at least one side property line. There shall be a three feet minimum setback from the rear lot line. (6) Buildings on shopfront use lots shall cover no more than 50 percent of the building lot area. (7) Buildings on shopfront use lots shall not be less than 24 feet in height and shall not exceed 40 feet in height (excluding chimneys and elevator towers). When fronting a square, buildings shall be no less than 30 feet in height. A cornice line shall define the first floor. (8) At least 25 percent of the lot shall be reserved for private open space. (9) Unenclosed balconies with a minimum of nine feet of clearance above grade shall be permitted to extend up to six feet over the sidewalk. (10) Colonnades are required when shopfront use lots front on the mandatory square. Enclosed space shall be permitted directly above the sidewalk. (11) An outbuilding is permitted on each lot. (d) Streets and alleys. (1) Shopfront use lots shall front on TND boulevards or TND village center streets as depicted in the band development procedures manual. (2) Posted vehicle speed for shopfront use streets shall not exceed the minimum allowed by law. (3) Shopfront use lots may front on a town center. (4) Shopfront use lots shall have their rear lot lines coinciding with an alley as depicted in the land development procedures manual. (e) Parking. No less than 75 percent of the off-street parking spaces shall be to the rear of the building. Vehicular access may be through the frontage only if an alley or side street providing access to the alley is not within 200 feet of the lot. (f) Signage. Any conflicting provisions of the City sign ordinances ( Chapter 320 , Chapter 656 , Ordinance Code) notwithstanding, all signs shall be wall signs or cantilever signs and shall not exceed a total of 24 square feet per building with no more than three signs. Individual cantilever signs shall be mounted perpendicular to the building face and shall not exceed eight square feet. No sign shall be mounted above the first floor of the structure. All signs shall be nonilluminated. (Ord. 94-607-773, § 1)