Existing Zoning: DX-20-SH  

The existing zoning is Downtown Mixed Use – up to 20 stories – with Shopfront frontage (DX-20-SH). See UDO Section 3.1 for more details on Mixed Use Districts. See UDO Section 3.4 for more information on frontages. 

Proposed Zoning: DX-40-SH-CU 

The existing zoning is Downtown Mixed Use – up to 40 stories – with Shopfront frontage and conditions (DX-7-SH-CU). See UDO Section 3.1 for more details on Mixed Use Districts. See UDO Section 3.4 for more information on frontages. The proposed zoning conditions are as follows: 

1. The following Principal Uses as listed in UDO Section 6.1.4. that are permitted, limited, or special uses in the DX- district shall be prohibited: (i) Adult establishment; (ii) Detention center, jail, prison; (iii) Vehicle repair (minor); (iv) Vehicle repair (major); (v) Vehicle fuel sales; and (vi) Pawnshop. 

2. One public art installation shall be located on the property and visible from the Hillsborough Street right-of-way, the S. Harrington Street right-of-way, the W. Morgan Street right-of-way, or the S. West Street right-of-way. The Raleigh Arts Commission through its Public Art and Design Board shall be consulted on the scope of the public art project. If the required installation consists of a mural, it shall be no smaller than 120 square feet in area. If the required installation is three-dimensional, it shall be of appropriate scale for the site and no less than ten feet (10’) in height or no less than ten feet (10’) in width, not including any base or pedestal supporting such installation. If more than one public art installation is provided on the subject site, the applicant shall designate which art installation is the one required by this condition. The public art installation shall have received permitting or City approval (if required) prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for any new Principal structure. 

3. Public façades of Structured Parking: When a parking structure façade is adjacent to or facing any public park or plaza, public right-of-way, public sidewalk, or private street, façades shall comply with the following: 

a. Any such façades of the parking structure shall have openings screened to prevent views into the structure except for perpendicular vehicular ingress and egress openings at a maximum width of 30 feet and pedestrian access openings at a maximum width of eight feet. 

b. Screening elements shall be designed in a structurally sound manner and have a gap of no more than 18 inches from the frame of the screening element to the wall opening. Alternative decorative elements which provide an equivalent level of screening may be allowed in an accessory parking structure where such elements are employed to match the architectural character of the main building. Mesh or decorative panels, louvers, green walls, tinted or sandblasted opaque spandrel glass, or similar screening elements shall be used. Where mesh or other materials containing openings is used in conjunction with the screening frame, no individual opening shall exceed four square inches. Chain link fencing and similar screening elements shall be prohibited as an allowable mesh or similar screening element. 

4. Parapet walls. On all levels where parking is provided adjacent to an exterior wall, all façades shall have exterior opaque walls a minimum height of 42 inches above any finished grade and any finished floor. 

5. Lighting of Structured Parking. Lighting shall be designed to reduce light spillage outside the parking structure according to the following: 

a. Internal illumination shall be screened so that internal light sources shall not be visible from the adjacent public right-of-way or adjacent parcels. Light fixtures directly visible from the exterior of a parking structure shall be directed internally upward or shall contain shielded fixtures to prevent such visibility. 

b. Internal illumination shall conform to the standards of UDO Section 7.4.7. Vehicular Canopies 

c. Rooftop lighting shall be located at an elevation height less than the top of the nearest exterior perimeter rooftop wall; or shall be setback a minimum of 15 feet from the exterior perimeter of the rooftop wall at a maximum mounted height of 12 feet above finished floor with cutoff light fixtures that have a maximum 90 degree illumination. 

d. Lighting levels measured at the property line of privately-owned parcels adjacent to the structured parking deck shall not be greater than 0.5 footcandles. 

Applicant: Jennifer Ashton, jashton@longleaflp.com, 919-780-5433 

Case Planner: JP Mansolf, jp.mansolf@raleighnc.gov, 919-996-2180