88-131

Streetscape provisions

For zoning lots with street frontage of 50 feet or more, the location of certain uses shall be subject to the following use requirements.

For the purposes of applying the special ground floor level streetscape provisions set forth in Section 37-30 to this Section, all zoning lots with a street frontage of 50 feet or more shall be considered primary street frontages, as defined in Section 37-311.

(a)        For uses located on the ground floor or within five feet of curb level, uses limited to Use Groups 6A, 6C, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 10A, 12A and 12B, shall extend along a minimum of 50 percent of the width of the street frontage of the zoning lot, and shall comply with the minimum depth provisions of Section 37-32 (Ground Floor Depth Requirements for Certain Uses).

(b)        The remainder of the street frontage of the zoning lot may be occupied by any permitted uses, lobbies or entrances to parking spaces, except that lobbies shall comply with the standards for Type 2 lobbies set forth in Section 37-33 (Maximum Width of Certain Uses).

(c)        In Subdistrict A of this Chapter, for portions of a building bounding a public park, the ground floor use requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section shall apply to 100 percent of the width of the street frontage of the zoning lot, and residential lobbies and schools shall be permitted uses on the ground floor for purposes of compliance with paragraph (a).

For zoning lots with street frontage of less than 50 feet, no special ground floor use requirements shall apply.

Enclosed parking spaces, or parking spaces covered by a building, including such spaces accessory to residences, shall be permitted to occupy the ground floor, provided they are wrapped by floor area or screened in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 37-35 (Parking Wrap and Screening Requirements).

Any ground floor street wall of a development or enlargement that contains uses listed in Use Groups 1 through 15, not including dwelling units, shall be glazed in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 37-34 (Minimum Transparency Requirements).

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