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TII_ Urban Plaza design standards and guidelines.
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III. Urban plaza design standards and guidelines.
Urban plazas shall be open and unobstructed to the sky and shall be
accessible to the public at all times. Generally, urban plazas shall not
exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the lineal frontage of the lot on any
public street.
The following design standards and guidelines shall apply to Urban Plazas
where required by applicable zoning district regulations or where necessary to
meet requirements for a floor area ratio bonus.
A. Review and approval process.
Design concept.
Approval of the design concept shall be obtained from the Planning,
Building and Zoning Department and, where applicable, by the Urban
Development Review Board. The minimum information to be submitted for
such approval shall include:
1. Site plan no less than 1 inch to 20 feet in scale, showing all
proposed plaza
improvements and including grade elevations and dimensions.
2. Elevation drawings of ground floor perimeter walls.
3. Elevation drawings of any proposed shelters, kiosks, fountains, or
similar features.
4. List of proposed plant materials, keyed to site plan.
5. Tabulation of required and provided Urban Plaza standards including
total area, area
within 3.5 feet of adjacent sidewalk grade, area of unobstructed
pedestrian movement (not obstructed by permanent structures, water,
cafes, planting beds, etc.), number of shade trees, linear seating
dimensions, etc.
6. Samples of major paving and finish materials.
B: Dimensions; accessibility.
I. Urban Plaza space shall be no more than 3.5 feet different in
elevation from the
adjoining public sidewalk for at least 70% of its total area. The
remaining 30% of the total area may step up to meet minimum flood zone
criteria for the ground floor elevation of buildings.
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2. Urban plaza space shall be open and unobstructed to the public
sidewalk for at least 30
lineal feet or 50% of its total length of frontage, whichever is
greater. Steps shall not be considered as obstructions provided that
a ratio of tread to riser no less than 2:1 is maintained. Along the
remaining length of frontage, in order to allow maximum visibility
from the street to the urban plaza, no wall may be constructed
averaging higher than 36 inches above nor at any point higher than 5
feet above sidewalk level of the nearest adjoining street.
3. Urban Plaza space shall have a minimum dimension of 20 feet.
4. Urban Plaza space shall be accessible to the handicapped.
C. Activity.
1: Urban, Plaza space shall contain at least one activity generating
feature, including but
not limited to a large fountain with seating .along the edges; outdoor
cafe; amphitheater or stage for outdoor performances; ground floor
retail shops with direct access to the plaza; open pavilions for
vendors; kinetic sculpture.
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2. Urban Plaza space may contain unenclosed roofed shelters, fabric roofs
or windbreaks,
trellises, exhibit and display stands and cases, community bulletin
boards, kiosks, open air cafes, and vending pavilions. Such items
shall be exempted from limitations on occupancy of yard areas, parking
requirements, and floor area ratio calculations. Such shelters,
structures, and facilities may not exceed 40% of the Urban Plaza area.
3. Urban .Plaza space shall have at least 60% of its total surface area
designed for
pedestrian access. This may include pavement, grass, or general
seating space, but not including open air cafes, planting beds or
other obstructions.
4. Where an open air cafe is provided it shall be a permanently
unenclosed eating or
drinking place, permitted by applicable district regulations, which
may have waiter or table service, and is open to the sky except that
it may have a trellis or temporary fabric roof. An open air cafe must
be accessible from all sides where there is a boundary with the
remainder of the Urban Plaza. An open air cafe may ,occupy an
aggregate area not more than 20 percent of ail total area of the Urban
Plaza. No kitchen equipment shall be installed within an open air
cafe. Kitchen equipment may be contained in a pavilion adjoining the
open air cafe.
5. Where a vending pavilion is provided, it shall be a one story
structure, predominantly
of light materials, such as metal, glass, plastic, or fabric, which
including roofed areas, does not exceed 150 square feet in area.
D. Trees and plantings.
1. Shade trees shall be provided as follows: One per 500 square feet for
plazas for up to
2,000 square feet of required plaza area; one per 800 square feet for
plazas up to 6,000 square feet in required area; and one per 1,000
square feet for plazas exceeding 6,000 square feet in required area.
2. Required trees shall be no less than 14 feet in overall height, 10
feet in spread and 3
inches in caliper at the time of planting. Each tree shall be planted
in a minimum of 200 cubic feet of prepared planting soil with a depth
of at least 5 feet. Irrigation shall be provided in a pop-up unit or
subterranean leaky pipe. Perforated aluminum root guards, 48-60
inches in diameter are recommended.
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3. Required trees shall be of a native species or acceptable hardwood
varieties.
4. Trees planted in pedestrian access areas shall be maintained with a
minimum of 6 feet 5
inches of clear trunk, and where possible shall have tree grates or
permeable pavement to allow flow of air and water to the root system.
5. The above shall be construed as minimum standards for shade trees. In
addition, Urban
Plazas shall include an appropriate selection of palms, flowering
trees, shrubs, and ground covers.
E. Seating.
There shall be a minimum of one linear foot of seating for each 30 square
feet of Urban Plaza area. Not more than 50 percent of the credited linear
seating capacity may be in movable seats which may be stored between the
hours of 7 PM and 7 AM. Qualifications of seating shall be in accordance
with the following standards:'
1. Seating shall have a minimum depth of 16 inches. Seating with backs
at least 12 inches
high shall have a minimum depth of 14 inches. Seating 30 inches or
more in depth shall count double provided there is access to both
sides.
2. Seating higher than 36 inches and lower than 12 inches above the level
of the adjacent
walking surface shall not count toward meeting the seating
requirements.
3. The tops of walls including but not limited to those which bound
planting beds,
fountains and pools may be counted as seating when they conform to the
dimensional standards in subparagraphs (1) and (2) above.
4. Movable seating or chairs, excluding seating for the exclusive use of
open air cafes may
be credited as 30 inches of linear seating per chair.
5. Steps, seats in outdoor amphitheaters and seating of open air cafes do
not count toward
the seating requirements.
6. Shade shall be provided for at least 50% of the required seating.
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7. For the benefit of handicapped persons, a minimum of 5 percent of the
required seating
shall have backs.
8. For the benefit of non-smokers, a minimum of 50% of the seating shall
be reserved for
non-smokers.
F. Lighting and electrical power.
I. Urban Plazas shall be illuminated throughout with an overall minimum
average level of
illumination of not less than two horizontal foot candles (lumens per
foot).
2. Electrical power shall be supplied by one or more outlets furnishing a
total of 1,200
watts of power for every 4,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of an
Urban Plaza.
G. Prohibition of driveways, parking spaces, loading berths, exhaust vents
and building trash storage facilities.
I. No parking spaces, passenger dropoffs, driveways or loading berths are
permitted as part .
of an Urban Plaza, and except in exceptional circumstances. No such
vehicular facility shall bisect an Urban Plaza.
2. No building trash storage facilities are permitted on any Urban Plaza.
3. No exhaust vents are permitted on any Urban Plaza or on the building
wall of the
development fronting upon the Urban Plaza except where such vents on
the building wall are more than 20 feet above the level of the Urban
Plaza.
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