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Title 17C
Chapter 17C.160
Section 17C.160.010
 

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.160 North River Overlay District

Section 17C.160.010 North River Overlay (NRO)
  1. Purpose.

This special overlay addresses the public’s value of the views and access to the Spokane River Gorge, Riverfront Park, and the Downtown core from the north side of the Spokane River. The amenity of the river and the public investment in the Spokane River Gorge should be widely shared, not limited to those properties immediately adjacent. The intent of these visual and pedestrian access standards and guidelines are to ensure that buildings and other constructed objects do not create barriers that wall off the Spokane River Gorge, Riverfront Park, or the Downtown Core.

  1. North River Overlay Standards.

The North River Overlay development standards are the same as the underlying zone except for the following standards:

    1. Maximum FAR.

The maximum nonresidential FAR allowed in the North River Overlay is 4.5. If the underlying zone allows an FAR greater than 4.5, then the maximum FAR is the same as the underlying zone. The FAR is calculated the same as in the underlying zone.

    1. Maximum Building Site Coverage and East-West Building Width.

On sites over twenty thousand square feet in size or with a width greater than one hundred fifty feet wide in an east-west dimension the following conditions apply:

      1. The maximum building site coverage of all structures is seventy-five percent.
      1. The maximum east-west dimension of all structures is eighty percent of the east-west dimension of the site.

Date Passed: Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2005

ORD C33636 Section 2