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Home My WebLink About00072439APPEAL: Appeals from decisions of the NRB /PRC shall be to the Planning and Zoning ommission. All appeals must be submitted in writin�g and within 10 days of the NRB/PRC decision to the office of the City Planner. The My Planning office shall schedule a hearin of the appeal before the Commission within 30 days from receipt of the letter of appeal. D. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: Recent parking and traffic studies conducted for the Northgate Redevelopment Plan reveal that there is a ' sgnificant deficiency in the numbers of available parking spaces and that existing parking and traffic facilities are sub - standard. Because each particular use has relatively different parking and traffic impacts, when reviewing project the NRB may require additional parking and traffic impact studies, a review of existing occupancy, and other reasonable appropriate data to determine the impact of the project. Additional parking or landscaping may be required where studies reveal that it is necessary to relieve or mitigate this impact. E. SUB - DISTRICT REGULATIONS 1. SUB - DISTRICT NG -1 HISTORIC NORTHGATE a. PURPOSE: This subdistrict is intended for areas in Northgate containing historically significant structures which are included in the Northgate Historic Resources Survey, as well as structures that are eligible for inclusion in the National Register for Historic Places. This subdistrict also applies to areas containing a diversity of pedestrian- oriented retail and entertainment businesses that are in close proximity to on- campus dormitories. This zoning district shall incorporate regulations in accordance with the Northgate Redevelopment Plan which are designed to aid structural rehabilitation and pedestrian-oriented infilf development in a manner compatible with the character of the Northgate area. b. PERMITTED USES: The following uses are permitted: Definitions of uses shall be those construed to be in accordance with customary municipal planning, engineering, or normal English usage. Alcoholic beverage sales - retail and wholesale Wk n ents or residential condominiums Bed and Breakfast Bookstore, retail and wholesale Child Care Cleaner, dry and pressing plant, laundry and/or linen supply Commercial amusements excluding sexually oriented commercial enterprises) Domestic household equipment rental, storage Dormitories Filling Stations Furniture, appliance store, sales, service Hardware store Public parking building or lot for operating vehicles Printing and reproduction Private lodges, fraternal Radio or TV stations or studios, (no towers) Restaurant, without drive -in Retail sales and services, under 7500 square feet Theaters and motion picture houses Any other use determined by the Commission to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses. Zoning Ordinance Page 7 - 43 c. CONDITIONAL USES PERMITTED: The following conditional uses shall be allowed in addition to any use allowed under section 8.12 provided the Commission determines them to be compatible with the eneral character of the particular area within which they are proposed to be located, and provided these uses do not adversely affect or limit uses of adjacent or nearby property: (1) Apartment Hotel (2) Fraternity or sorority houses and fraternity or sorority meeting places (3) Group Housing (4) Night Clubs d. REVIEW PROCESS: (1) The review process for this section for proposals involving new construction, site development, redevelopment, rehabilitation or facade work in the NG -1 Subdistrict is the same as that established in Section 7.24C herein above. (2) Proposals involving solely rehabilitation or facade work shall require approval by the review subcommittee of the Northgate Revitalization Board (NRB), as established in Section 7.24C.1 herein above. Such proposals must be in compliance with Section 7.24E.1.e. herein below regarding the treatment of historic structures. APPEAL: Appeals from decisions of the NRB shall be to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The appeal procedures are the same as those established in 7.24C above. e. HISTORIC STRUCTURES: Structures over 50 years in age that are reflected as high or medium priority structures in the Northgate Historic Resources Survey or have been determined to be eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places shall be treated using methods and materials in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as outlined in Attachment A. £ AREA REQUIREMENTS: As required by Chapter 3, Building Regulations of the City of College Station Code of Ordinances. Refer to Table A. g. PARKING REQUIREMENTS: Off - street parking shall be as required by the NRB/PRC in accordance to parking and traffic impact study data. h. BICYCLE PARKING: Projects involving site development or redevelopment require the installation of bicycle parking spaces. For commercial businesses a minimum of 2 bicycle parking spaces per business plus 1 additional space for each 1000 square feet of floor area above 2,000 square feet shall be required. For apartments or residential condominiums, a mimmum of 1 bicycle space per welling unit shall be required. In no case shall more than 20 bicycle parking spaces per business or apartment building be required. LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS: A landscape plan shall be required for all proposals involving site development or redevelopment and shall be reviewed by the NRB /PRC in accordance with the following standards: (1) Landscape /streetscape improvements shall be required along at least 1/3 of the length of a propert y's frontage onto public streets. Doorway widths and driveways shall be excluded from frontage calculations. Live plant material must be included where feasible in each proposal. Zoning Ordinance Page 7 - 44 (2) Eligible landscappe /streetscape improvements shall include raised planter boxes, at -grade planting beds, indoor window plantings where sidewalks are too narrow for outside plantings, seating benches light features trash receptacles, decorative railings, and other elements featured in the College Station Streetscape Plan. The standards set forth herein are in lieu of and not in addition to the Landscaping Requirements contained in Section 11 of this Zoning Ordinance. SIGN REGULATIONS: Attached signs only. Refer to Section 12 of the Zoning Ordinance. k. PARKING SCREENING: A three foot hi h parking screen shall be provided when parking is adjacent to public Rig �t of Way. Screening may be accomplished using plantings, berms, or structural elements. 1. DUMPSTERS: Dumpsters shall be kept in the rear of the building and shall be screened with devices made of masonry or wood with surrounding landscaping. Where feasible, consolidation of dumpsters may be required by the NRB/PRC. 2. SUB - DISTRICT NG -2 COMMERCIAL NORTHGATE a. PURPOSE: This subdistrict is intended for areas in Northgate containing larger retail commercial uses and undeveloped land.. This subdistrict also applies to areas identified in the Northgate Redevelopment Plan as suitable for mixed -use redevelopment in close proximity to Texas A &M University. This zoning district shall incorporate regulations designed to aid mixed -use development and redevelopment in a manner compatible with the general character of the Northgate area. b. PERMITTED USES: The following uses are permitted: Definitions of uses shall be those construed to be in accordance with customary municipal planning, engineering, or normal English usage. All permitted uses in NG -1, plus the following: Apartment Hotel Bowling alley Drive -in sales Drive -in eating establishment Hotel Motel Retail sales and services, over 7500 square feet Shopping Centers Any other use determined by the Commission to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses. c. CONDITIONAL USES PERMITTED: The following conditional uses shall be allowed in addition to any use allowed under section 8.12 provided the Commission determines them to be compatible with the general character of the particular area within which they are proposed to be located and provided these uses do not adversely affect or limit uses of adjacent or nearby property: (1) Fraternity or sorority houses and fraternity or sorority meeting places (2) Group Housing (3) Hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, or convalescent home (4) Night Clubs Zoning Ordinance Page 7 - 45