Sec. 656.399.22. - Commercial Character Area Design Standards.

Commercial Character areas identified in Table 1.0 Character Areas shall be required to meet the following design standards in addition to the general design standards as follows. (1) Parking Location. Parking is encouraged to be located at the rear of the primary structure. If an applicant provides all of the required parking in the rear, the rear parking lot area is a stable pervious surface with only the minimum required ADA requirements fulfilled for paved parking stalls and the driveway apron is adjacent to the street frontage, the following requirements can be reduced: (a) Although still required in any required buffer area, landscape shall not be required in the parking lot area of the lot. (b) The rear buffer may be reduced from ten feet to five feet when a six to eight-foot maximum opaque screen is provided. (c) Driveway width requirement shall be reduced from 24 feet to 12 feet wide for access to rear yard parking. (2) Parking requirements. (a) Except for conversions of structures to a restaurant with more than 100 seats and/or 2,500 square feet of total heated and cooled area, nightclub or any other establishment or facility which includes the retail sale and service of all alcoholic beverages including liquor, beer or wine for on-premises consumption, retail sales or service establishments and single-family residential uses located in contributing structures within an identified commercial character area shall have zero parking requirements. (b) Conversions of structures to a restaurant with more than 100 seats and/or 2,500 square feet of total heated and cooled area, nightclub or any other establishment or facility which includes the retail sale and service of all alcoholic beverages including liquor, beer or wine for on-premises consumption shall provide 50 percent of the required parking pursuant to Section 656.604 . (c) Any expansion of contributing structures, after the date of the adoption of this Subpart shall provide 50 percent of the required parking for the expansion pursuant to Section 656.604 and Section 656.604 (e)(3) for any type of office use. (d) Except for conversions to new structures for a restaurant with more than 100 seats and/or 2,500 square feet of total heated and cooled area, nightclub or any other establishment or facility which includes the retail sale and service of all alcoholic beverages including liquor, beer or wine for on-premises consumption, zero parking shall be required of new structures when such structures are built to the same or less than the square footage of a non-contributing structure if that structure is being replaced. However, all adjacent on-street parking shall be brought into compliance with Section 656.399.23 (2)(b)(i)—(iv) and Table 4. (e) Except as set forth in above, the number of spaces for retail sales and service establishments and multi-family uses shall be 50 percent of the required number of spaces pursuant to Section 656.604 and Section 656.604 (e)(3) for any type of office use, provided there are no additional parking credits applied under Section 656.607 (d) of the Zoning Code. However contiguous on-street parking may be provided consistent with Section 656.399.23 (2)(b)(i)—(iv) and Table 4. (f) Conversions to office uses for a contributing historic structure shall be required to provide a minimum of 50 percent of the required parking regulations in Section 656.604 (e)(3), regardless of type of office use, and provided there are no additional parking credits applied under Section 656.607 (d) of the Zoning Code. However contiguous on-street parking may be provided consistent with Section 656.399.23 (2)(b)(i)—(iv) and Table 4. (g) Except as provided above, 65 percent of the required number of spaces in Section 656.604 (e)(3) shall be provided for conversions to office uses, regardless of type of officer use, of non-contributing structures or new construction and provided there are no additional parking credits applied under Section 656.607 (d) of the Zoning Code. However contiguous on-street parking may be provided consistent with Section 656.399.23 (2)(b)(i)—(iv) and Table 4. (Ord. 2008-192-E, § 3; Ord. 2012-339-E, § 1)