Ordinance No. 131 Consolidated Land Use Ordinance

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3. Building types with specified height limits shall be measured from the average elevation of the sidewalk on which the building's primary entrance is located and the coping of a flat roof or the deck line of a mansard roof. 4. Basements. All building types are permitted to have basements if it is technically feasible to build basements on the chosen building site. A walk -out basement is considered a "story" for height regulation, but other kinds of basements are not counted against the height of the building. 5. Footprint. The building footprint is the area occupied by the horizontal projection of the building's first floor, excluding the floor area of attached garages and porches or decks built as allowed encroachments into setbacks. Within the building envelope defined in the Building Type Template, the horizontal projection of upper floors may not extend more than ten feet in any direction over the footprint, except for portions of the upper floor built directly over an attached garage. 6. Mass, Ratio. When used on a Building Type Template, the percentages listed in the Mass table define the maximum area allowed the horizontal projection of one floor in relation to the area of the horizontal projection of the building footprint and attached garage, if any. 7. Building Placement Diagram. The diagram on each Building Type Template provides regulatory information on the setbacks, build -to lines (lines on which some or all of the building fagade must be placed), the "building envelope" in which the footprint may be placed, frontage types, permitted encroachments of porches, decks and balconies, placement of accessory structures, and other items which regulate the built environment on a given lot. 3. Combination of Building Types on Single Lot. The Building Type templates regulate lot size, but it is not required that each building be on a separately conveyed lot. If multiple building types are proposed, the dimensional standards should be applied as though the lot were being divided. Any total surface coverage or building footprint standards may be combined among all of the buildings included on a particular lot. 4. New Building Types. New building types may be proposed in the manner of other amendments to the Zoning Code using the procedure in Section 17.6 of this Ordinance. A proposal must contain all information included in existing analogous Building Types, including but not limited to the dimensional standards, use designations, and frontage requirements. 5. Use Regulation in the Gateway District. The Gateway District's regulatory focus is first upon the form of each building and its relation to the surrounding environment. This section regulates the use of space within buildings, except to the extent that any structure or land use existed as a legally nonconforming use prior to the adoption of this Section, as a matter secondary to the built form. The use of land in the District is regulated by the Building Type Templates and is directly related to the building form. General Terms and Permitted Uses. The Building Type Templates assign categories of uses to certain floors of a building. When multiple use categories are listed and separated by a slash (such as "office/retail"), the uses may be combined on the floor at the discretion of the owner or occupant of the building. When multiple use categories are stated as alternatives (such as "office or residential") the floor may only be assigned one category of use, at the discretion of the owner or occupant of the building. Building Type Templates may also contain specific exclusions or limitations which modify the application of a use category to the particular building. The categorical terms are defined as follows: 1. Residential - Premises for long-term human dwelling. 2. Office - Non-residential premises used for administrative, clerical, professional or similar activities. Office as used in this section includes medical and dental offices used by five (5) or fewer medical principals (doctor, dentist, chiropractor or similar professional). 3. Retail - Premises for the sale of merchandise and food service. For purposes of this Section, banks with teller service are considered "retail" instead of "office." Athletic clubs and fitness centers that are not the primary use of the building space are considered a "retail" use. Certain personal service businesses are considered "retail" if not the primary use of a building: barbershop/beauty salon; clothing rental and dry cleaning pickup (but not on -site processing); and tailor shops. Updated January 2025 — Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 32