§ 6.11.16. Apartment, Commercial

To further the provision of affordable housing and promote vertically mixed-use development in certain commercial and office zoning districts, commercial apartments shall be allowed in the BPO, CN, CG, SPI-UC-1 and SPI-UC-2 zoning districts, as well as in PD (Planned Development) zoning districts which generally permit such district uses. Commercial apartments shall meet the following criteria:

A.

Commercial apartments shall be located within a building containing a nonresidential use. The entire first story of the building shall be devoted to nonresidential use only, apart from entrances, stairways, elevators and mechanical equipment serving the commercial apartments. Commercial apartments shall be regulated on the basis of floor space rather than units per acre. Floor space devoted to commercial apartments shall contribute to site FAR (floor area ratio) calculations as follows. In cases where the commercial apartment space does not exceed 6,000 square feet or the amount of nonresidential floor space within the building, whichever is less, the commercial apartment space shall be excluded from site FAR calculations. In cases where the floor space devoted to commercial apartments exceeds 6,000 square feet or the amount of nonresidential floor space within the building, whichever is less, the amount of commercial apartment space in excess of the lesser figure shall be included in site FAR calculations. In all cases the nonresidential floor space in the building shall fully contribute to site FAR calculations.

B.

Off-street parking requirements shall be separately calculated for the non-residential component and the residential component of the building, and the greater number of required parking spaces shall be provided.

C.

A ten percent increase in parking lot landscaping and one additional canopy type tree for every two apartments shall be required.

D.

Buffering and screening for the parcel on which the commercial apartments are located, as well as for development on adjacent parcels, shall be provided as if no commercial apartments exist.

(Ord. No. 00-21, § 2, 5-18-00; Ord. No. 02-13, § 2, 8-1-02; Ord. No. 08-29, § 2, eff. 2-1-09; Ord. No. 09-62, Item M, 10-26-09, eff. 2-1-2010)