Pedestrian Zones: What they do and don’t do The pedestrian zone designation (P Zone) is applied to properties within Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zones. This designation regulates street-level uses, off-street parking requirements, location of parking and access to parking in order to encourage pedestrian activity.

Any Any Building with building building Applies to: ground floor zoned in a P commercial NC Zone

Residential uses may occupy no more than 20% of the street-level street-facing façade

(when facing a designated principal pedestrian street) §23.47A.005.C.1  Designated list of uses must occupy at least 80% of the street-level street-facing facade  EQUIREMENTS (when facing a designated principal pedestrian street) §23.47A.005.D.1 R SE U Businesses with drive-in lanes are not permitted §23.47A.028.A.1  Blank facades between 2 and 8 feet cannot exceed 20 feet in width and not more than 40% of the width of the pedestrian street-facing façade. §23.47A.008.A.2   

Street-level, street-facing facades shall be located within 10 feet of the street lot line. §23.47A.008.A.3    TANDARDS S 60% of the street-facing facade between 2 and 8 feet above the sidewalk shall be

transparent §23.47A.008.B.2   Nonresidential uses shall extend an average depth of at least 30 feet and a minimum depth   EVELOPMENT EVELOPMENT of 15 feet from the street §23.47A.008.B.3 D Commercial/non-residential uses at street level shall have a floor-to-floor height of at least

13 feet §23.47A.008.B.3b  

1 If the lot abuts an alley access to parking shall be from the alley §23.47A.032.A.1a   

ARKING If access is not provided from an alley and the lot abuts two or more streets, access to

P parking shall be from the street that is not a principal pedestrian street. §23.47A.032.A.2a  If access is not provided from an alley and the lot abuts only a principal pedestrian street or

CCESS TO streets, access is permitted from the principal pedestrian street, and limited to one two-way A  curb cut. §23.47A.032.A.2b

Parking shall not be located between a structure and a street lot line §23.47A.032.B.1a

   ARKING P

OCATION OF OF OCATION L Surface parking is prohibited abutting the street lot

line §23.47A.032.B.2 

Pedestrian Zone requirements

Requirements Overhead weather protection throughout (for 60% of façade). P-designated areas

Limit design review departures Additional for non-residential uses. requirements along the Principal 80% of the street-level Prohibit drive-in Pedestrian Street façade must include an and drive-through commercial or institutional businesses and uses (such as retail uses, surface parking libraries, or restaurants). Permitted on side streets in Residential uses and P-designated areas other commercial uses permitted at street-level

Minimum FAR (in an Urban Village).

Discourage curb cuts and driveways.

Limit design review departures Parking must be located Principal Pedestrian Street to transparency and ceiling behind or within a structure. height requirements.

Pedestrian Zone Boundary