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<br />4.7 BUILDING SETBACKS <br /> <br />A. Setback area requirements facilitate the incorporation <br />of publicly accessible open space while reinforcing a <br />continuous urban street frontage that defines the street <br />edge, Setback requirements are designed as a range <br />so that variety may be achieved in the public/private <br />interface area depending on the site and building design <br />and its relationship to adjacent developments, Setbacks <br />are designed to coordinate with the public improvements <br />identified in the Metro East Public Realm Amenity Plan <br />[Appendix), New development within the MEMU Overlay <br />Zone shall be designed to provide setback areas as <br />follows: <br /> <br />1, Neighborhood Transitional District <br /> <br />Front: O~ tOFt <br /> <br />Side: O~ 10Ft <br /> <br />Reor: 0-10 Ft <br /> <br />2. Village Center District <br /> <br />Front: 0~20 Ft <br /> <br />Side: 0-10 Ft <br /> <br />Rear: 0-10 Ft <br /> <br />3. Active Urban District <br /> <br />Front: 0-20 Ft <br /> <br />Side: 0-10 Ft <br /> <br />Rear: 0- tOFt <br /> <br />Any new development that is ten stories or greater in the <br />Active Urban District at a location adjacent to an existing <br />multiple-family residential use or zone outside of the MEMU <br />Overlay Zone boundaries shall be set back at least 150' <br />from the property line of the adjacent residentially used or <br />zoned property, <br /> <br />4, Office District <br /> <br />Front: 0-20 Ft <br /> <br />Side 0-20 Ft <br /> <br />Reor: 0-20 Ft <br /> <br />B, In addition to the above setback requirements, the <br />following provisions shall also apply to new development <br />proiects: <br /> <br />1, In order to encourage flexibility and provide an <br />organic feel in the design and building-street <br />interaction, there is no minimum setback requirement <br />within the MEMU Overlay Zone, with the exception <br />that all structures shall maintain the maximum rear <br />setback specified if the property abutting on the rear <br />property line is developed solely as a residential use, <br /> <br />2, Setbacks abutting public rights-of-way may be further <br />recessed from the maximum setback specified for the <br />purposes of a public open space, dining/gathering <br />or special entry area, These areas may not satisfy <br />private open space requirements. <br /> <br />3, Setbacks abutting public rights-of-way shall be <br />landscaped with lawn, trees, shrubs, or other plants <br />and/or decorated as a hard surface expansion <br />of the sidewalk, A combination of landscape and <br />hard scope materials shall be provided as follows: <br /> <br />a, Hordscape paving may include brick, stone, <br />interlocking concrete pavers, textured concrete, and/ <br />or impressed patterned concrete. Hardscope elements <br />shall olso be provided when setback areo is being <br />used to solisfy publicly accessible open space oreas, <br />These elements may include, but ore not fimited to, <br />seating areas, potted plant materials, water features, <br />and public art installotions, <br /> <br /> <br />Upper {eve! setback areas incorporating terraces and roof decks <br /> <br />b, The bolance of the setback oreas shall be londscaped <br />with turf, shrubs, or groundcover, ond trees, All plont <br />materials shall be in proportion to the height and <br />mass of the building, and shall be permanently <br />maintained. <br /> <br /> <br />Upper level setback <br />areas incorporating <br />terraces and roof <br />decks <br /> <br />758-117 <br /> <br />