§ 20.75.130. Building frontage requirements.

A.

Active commercial building frontage and residential building frontage shall be provided in conformance with the regulations set forth in Table 20-152. "Active commercial building frontage" means building space adjacent to a street at the ground level of a building that is designed for retail or other customer-oriented commercial use. Such space shall not include vehicle parking, service areas, utility facilities, residential uses, or residential support uses such as lobbies, resident laundry rooms and resident work-out facilities. "Residential building frontage" means building space designed for residential dwelling units located on a residential street frontage in a pedestrian oriented zoning district.

Table 20-152
MS-G and MS-C Main Street Districts
Building Frontage Requirements

Lot Type	Minimum Required Active Commercial Building Frontage
Main street frontage
Corner lots	65% of the first 100 linear feet of site frontage plus 75% of any additional site frontage beyond the first 100 linear feet
Interior lots - frontage of 100 linear feet or more	60% of the first 100 linear feet of site frontage and 75% of site frontage beyond the first 100 linear feet
Interior lots - frontage of less than 100 linear feet	50% of the first 50 linear feet of site frontage plus 70% of any additional site frontage between 50 and 100 linear feet
Major cross street frontage
Corner lots with main street frontage	25 linear feet of site frontage within 50 feet of the main street
All other lots	50% of the linear dimension of the site frontage
Minor cross street frontage
Corner lots with main street frontage	20 linear feet of site frontage within 50 feet of the main street
All other lots	50% of the linear dimension of the site frontage
Residential street frontage
All lots	Any portion of a building located within 50 feet of the public right-of-way of a residential street shall be designed for residential uses

 

B.

Active commercial building frontage exceptions.

1.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Table 20-152 in Section 20.75.140, the decision maker may reduce the required active commercial building frontage for lots with less than one hundred linear feet of frontage with a development permit based on a finding that:

a.

Reduced active commercial building frontage is needed to allow for vehicular access to the site; and

b.

Access cannot feasibly be provided through lot assembly or shared access though an adjacent site.

2.

If the director cannot make the findings required in Section 20.75.140B., up to two thousand square feet of building area shall be allowed with no on-site vehicle access or parking, provided the building area conforms to all other provisions of this title.

3.

The active commercial building frontage requirements shall not apply to an off-street parking establishment for which the planning commission or the city council on appeal approves a conditional use permit which finds that the off-street parking establishment is needed to serve commercial uses in the area on an interim basis until such time as the site is developed consistent with the active commercial building frontage requirements of this chapter.

(Ords. 28858, 29011.)