Phoenixville |
Code of Ordinances |
Municipal Code |
Chapter 27. Zoning |
Part 4. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS |
§ 27-404. Building Size.
Latest version.
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1.Principal Buildings.[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-2303, 5/14/2019]A.In all districts other than the Industrial District, individual buildings with street frontage shall not have any street wall greater than 150 feet in length without a mid-building change in the street wall plane for a minimum of eight feet in depth and 20 feet in width.B.Mid-building change in any street wall plane shall provide adequate architectural detail, buffering and/or screening. In no case shall a single building or a contiguous block of attached buildings be greater than 300 feet in width, regardless of changes in street wall planes.C.Mid-block spacing shall meet the requirements of the District Specifications' building spacing requirement.Editor's Note: District Specifications are included as an attachment to this chapter.2.Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings shall be designed to be:A.Subordinate, incidental and complementary to the scale and design of the principal building.B.Smaller in scale and bulk to the principal building.(1)The building footprint shall be no more than 2/3 that of the principal building.(2)The building height shall be no more than two stories or 2/3 the principal building height, whichever is less. If the principal building is one story, an accessory building shall not exceed the height of the principal building.(3)The number of accessory buildings shall be no more than two.
Ord. 2227, 12-10-2013; as amended by Ord.
2017-2279, 9/12/2017