Architectural Design Standards

ADS 4.5 Building Height & Transition

ADS 4.5.1 Intent.

Abrupt or severe differences in building scale or massing between commercial and residential developments can dwarf or overwhelm the existing residential development. Buildings shall be designed to minimize this difference in scale.

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ADS 4.5.2 Building Height.

The building height is regulated by the UDO.

ADS 4.5.3 Height Transition to Adjacent Residential Uses.

Any portion of a building closer than 50 feet from a common property line which has an existing residential use and is residentially-zoned shall be no higher than twelve (12) feet above the highest point of the closest existing residential structure. The closest existing residential structure shall be defined as the residential structure that is closest to the common property line that the residential and commercial development share. This does not apply if the residential structure is located across a street from the development.

ADS 4.5.4 Applicability.

The Height Transition standard shall not apply to buildings within the same development proposal; this standard shall apply to only those buildings located along the perimeter of a development.

ADS 4.5.5 Exclusions.

For the purposes of the Height Transition standard, no sub-zone in a Mixed-Use District shall be construed to be a residential use.

Building Height and Transition

Effective on: 1/1/1901