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1005.04 Neighborhood Business(NB) District • A. Statement of Purpose:The Neighborhood Business District is designed to provide a limited range of neighborhood- scale retail,service,and office uses in proximity to residential neighborhoods or integrated with residential uses.The NB district is also intended to: 1. Encourage mixed use at underutilized retail and commercial intersections; 2. Encourage development that creates attractive gateways to City neighborhoods; 3. Encourage pedestrian connections between Neighborhood Business areas and adjacent residential neighborhoods; 4. Ensure that buildings and land uses are scaled appropriately to the surrounding neighborhood;and 5. Provide adequate buffering of surrounding neighborhoods. B. Design Standards:The standards in Section 1005.02 shall apply except building length parallel to the primary abutting street shall not exceed 160 feet without a visual break such as a courtyard or recessed entry. C. Dimensional Standards: • Tablet -2 Minimum lot area No requirement Maximum building height 35 feet Minimum front yard building setback No requirement Minimum side yard building setback 6 feet where windows are located on a side wall or on an adjacent wall of an abutting property 10 feet from residential lot boundary Otherwise not required Minimum rear yard building setback 25 feet from residential lot boundary 10 feet from nonresidential boundary - Minimum surface parking setback 5 feet D. Residential Density:Residential densities shall not exceed 12 units per acre. E. Improvement Area:The total improved area,including paved surfaces and the footprints of principal and accessory buildings and structures,shall not exceed 85%of the total • parcel area.