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Table 9.2170 Commercial Zone General Building Height and Setback Standards C-1C-2C-3GO Building Height (See EC 9.2170(3)) Maximum Building Height 35 feet120 feet 150 feet 50 feet Setbacks (See EC 9.2170(4)) Minimum Front Yard Setback 10 feet5 feet 3 feet 10 feet Maximum Front Yard Setback 15 feet15 feet 15 feet 15 feet Minimum Interior Yard Setback 0 feet to 0 feet to 0 feet 0 feet to 10 feet10 feet 10 feet *** (4) Setbacks. (a) Exceptions to the general minimum front and interior yard setback requirements stated in Table 9.2170 Commercial Zone General Building Height and Setback Standards are contained in: 1. EC 9.6745 Setbacks – Intrusions Permitted. 2. EC 9.6750 Special Setback Standards. (b) The minimum front yard setbacks stated in Table 9.2170 Commercial Zone General Building Height and Setback Standards, shall apply only to new buildings and any building addition that increases the length of the building facade facing a street, internal accessway, private drive, or shopping street as defined in EC 9.2175(3) by at least 100%. For purposes of this subsection, the front yard setback may be measured from a front lot line abutting a public street or from the edge of the sidewalk furthest from the curb of an internal accessway, private drive, or shopping street. In addition, only the portion of the development site specifically affected by the new building and any linear facade expansion of more than 100% are subject to the requirements of this subsection. 1. The minimum front yard setback in C-2 and C-3 zones shall be landscaped to the Basic Landscape Standard (L-1) in accordance with EC 9.6210(1), except for paved pedestrian walkways, building entrances and enhanced pedestrian space. Vehicular access connections and driveways to parking areas are also exempt from this landscaping standard, but vehicle use areas are not otherwise allowed between the building and the street within the minimum setback area. 2. In C-2, except for C-2 within the Downtown Plan Area as shown on Map 9.2161(6) Downtown Plan Map, buildings and other structures with less than the minimum 5-foot setback are allowed, and exempt from the minimum landscaping requirement in this subsection, only for the following: a. Ground floor commercial and other non-residential uses that provide a minimum 10-foot ground floor ceiling height, and at least 60 percent of the street facing ground-floor wall area consists of glazing, openings, display windows or doorways. To meet this standard, the area of openings, glazing, display windows Ordinance - Page 2 of 8