Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the R-8 Urban Residential
District is to preserve and enhance the established character of older urban residential
neighborhoods in the inner areas of the City by ensuring that infill development,
as well as redevelopment, will be consistent with the predominant existing development
pattern of such neighborhoods. The district regulations incorporate form-based provisions
that are designed to preserve the urban nature and sustainability of such neighborhoods
as characterized by a mixture of detached and attached dwellings of two and three
stories in height with a distinct orientation to the street, and situated on small
lots with narrow yards, minimal setbacks from the streets and minimal interruption
of the street frontages by open spaces, driveways, parking areas or accessory buildings
visible from the streets. The district regulations are also intended to encourage
traditional neighborhood development, as well as improvement and efficient use of
older commercial-style buildings by enabling, through the conditional use permit process,
commercial uses that are limited in location, type and scale and are intended to provide
for the convenience of neighborhood residents within walking distance, to respect
the primary residential character of the neighborhood and to avoid traffic, parking
congestion, noise and other impacts that typically result from uses that draw patrons
from outside a neighborhood.
(Code 2004, § 114-413.10; Ord. No. 2010-18-30, § 3, 2-22-2010)
