Sec. 656.399.23. - Office Character Area Standards.

Office 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 within the Right-of Way. Right-of-Way areas within Office Character Areas are permitted to create additional parking spaces provided the standards set forth in Table 3.0 and the following standards are met. (a) Exceptional specimen trees may not be removed to create parking areas. (b) Permitted parking shall be limited to the primary building fronting the character area, unless the property owner provides notarized letter(s) of consent from the adjoining affected property owner(s) in a form prescribed by the Director, and shall be designated and as follows: (i) Parallel Parking, six feet by 22 feet per parking stall and one canopy tree per space. (ii) 45-degree head in parking, nine feet by 19 feet per parking stall and one canopy tree per three parking spaces. (iii) 60-degree head in parking, nine feet by 17 feet per parking stall and one canopy tree per three parking spaces. (iv) 90-degree head in parking, nine feet by 19 feet per parking stall and one canopy tree per three parking spaces. (3) Parking Requirements. (a) Conversions to office or commercial 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 and Section 656.604 (e)(3) for any type of office use, and provided there are no additional parking credits applied under Section 656.607 (d) of the Zoning Code. Conversions of contributing structures with a non-residential original use to residential uses may provide 50 percent of the required number of parking spaces set forth in Section 656.604 (a). 65% of the required number of spaces in Section 656.604 (e)(3) shall be provided for conversions to office uses for any type of office use, or Section 656.604 for commercial uses of non-contributing structures or new construction, 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. 2009-443-E, § 2)