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.