Bill 100377

..Title To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street, and 10th Street, by amending Section 14-304 of The Zoning Code, entitled "C-3" Commercial District, by amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts"; and by amending Section 14-1405 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Off-Street Loading," under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 14-300 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 14-300. COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. * * * §14-304. "C-3" Commercial. * * * (2) Area Regulations. (a) Occupied Area. (.1) Buildings containing one or more families shall not occupy more than 75% of the lot area on intermediate lots and not more than 80% on corner lots; (.2) Buildings other than dwellings shall not occupy more than 90% of the lot area on intermediate lots and not more than 95% on corner lots. (.3) Buildings containing one or more families shall not occupy more than 90% of the lot area on corner lots in the area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street and a certain rail right-of way located between 9th Street and 10th Street; * * * (d) Yards and Courts. * * * (.3) Newly Erected Buildings Containing Three or More Families and Five Stories or Over in Height. (.a) Yards and Courts With Legally Required Windows. Any wall with one or more legally required windows shall be located so that every point of the wall shall be a minimum horizontal distance of fifty feet from: (1) the opposite side of any street which the wall faces, (2) any facing lot line which is not a street line, (3) any opposing wall on the same lot; provided, that every court between wings of the same building shall have no required minimum horizontal dimension but the depth shall not be greater than the width of the court, and every inner court shall have a minimum horizontal dimension equal to or greater than the average height of the walls forming the court. (.i) Yards and Courts With Legally Required Windows. In the area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street and a certain rail right-of way located between 9th Street and 10th Street, any wall with one or more legally required windows shall be located so that every point of the wall shall be a minimum horizontal distance of twenty-five (25) feet from: (1) the opposite side of any street which the wall faces, (2) any facing lot line which is not a street line, (3) any opposing wall on the same lot; provided, that every court between wings of the same building shall have no required minimum horizontal dimension. * * * §14-1402. Parking in Residential Districts. * * * (2) Number of Spaces Required. For all dwellings one space for each family, except as follows: (a) For dwellings containing twenty-five or more families: * * * (.7) Within the area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street and a certain rail right-of way located between 9th Street and 10th Street: Four (4) parking spaces for every ten (10) units; * * * §14-1405. Off-Street Loading. * * * (3) Off-street Loading in Commercial Districts. In every Commercial District except the "C-4" Commercial and "C-5" Commercial Districts, every building erected after the effective date of this ordinance, on a property abutting two or more streets, which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used or occupied for uses permitted in these districts, except residential or institutional uses, and which has an aggregate gross floor area of twenty thousand or more square feet arranged, intended or designed for such use, shall have loading spaces in accordance with the following table: Gross Floor Area (sq. ft.) Spaces 20,000 - 40,000 1 40,001 - 100,000 2 100,001 - 160,000 3 160,001 - 240,000 4 240,001 - 320,000 5 For each additional 90,000 sq. ft. over 320,000 , one additional space. Such loading spaces which are located in the open-air shall not be considered as part of the occupied area of the lot. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14-1405(3) above, within the area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street and a certain rail right-of way located between 9th Street and 10th Street, one (1) loading space for every 270,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided, provided that such loading spaces shall be ten (10) feet in width and thirty (30) feet in depth. * * * SECTION 2. Pursuant to Section 14-103 of The Philadelphia Code, The Philadelphia Zoning Maps are hereby amended by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land within an area bounded by Norris Street, 9th Street, Berks Street, and 10th Street, from the existing zoning designations indicated on Map "A" set forth below to the zoning designations indicated on Map "B" set forth below. ..End