§ 434. Ground floor area limitation.

Any new institutional or commercial building within the East and West Jackson Corridor Overlay Districts shall not exceed 200,000 gross square feet in ground floor area, and any new industrial building within the East and West Jackson Corridor Overlay Districts shall not exceed 500,000 square feet in ground floor area, except by special use approval by the board of commissioners. In determining whether to grant such a special use, the Board of Commissioners shall consider the following factors, in addition to considering criteria applicable to special use applications generally as specified in article 14 of this UDC:

(a)

Whether the building site will have safe, immediate access to a public maintained roadway with a functional classification of collector or higher as determined by the public development director;

(b)

Whether the building site will provide convenient interconnections with adjacent uses and properties that serve both pedestrians and automobiles;

(c)

Whether the proposed building floor area is the smallest feasible to serve the function of the proposed use;

(d)

Whether the architectural design of the building reduces the perceived size of the building by appropriate articulations and variations in the massing, façade, roofline, materials, colors, and textures of the building exterior; and

(e)

Whether the building and site meets or exceeds all other standards set forth in this overlay district and this UDC generally.

(Ord. No. 17-003 , § 1, 10-2-2017)