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Requirements The application of the /TD overlay zone does not change the list of uses permitted, conditionally permitted, or subject to special standards in the base zone or special area zone. 9.4530 /TD Transit oriented Develaument overlav Zone DevelMment Standards. (1) Building Setbacks. (a) Buildings shall be set back a maximum of 15 feet from the street. There is no minimum setback. (b) Where the site is adjacent to more than one street, a building is required to meet the above maximum setback standard on only one of the streets. (2) Building Orientation. (a) Buildings fronting on a street must provide a main entrance on the facade of the building that is within the 15 foot maximum street setback facing the street. Amain entrance is the principal entry through which people enter the building. A building may have more than one main entrance. (Refer to Figure 9.4530(2) Building Orientation in /TD Areas.) (b) Buildings having frontage on more than one street shall provide at least one main entrance oriented to a street with transit facilities, or to the corner where two streets intersect. (3) Minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR). (a) The total minimum floor area of buildings on a development site within the core /TD area as shown on map 9.4510 Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone shall not be less than 2 square feet of floor area to 1 square foot of the development site (2.0 FAR). The total floor area of any building on a development site within the /TD area outside that core area shall not be less than 1.0 square feet of floor area to 1 square foot of the development site (1.0 FAR). (See Figure 9.4530(3) Floor Area Ratio Calculation). (b) Floor area calculations shall not include basement areas in the gross square footage of the building. Major transit facilities, existing development and expansions of existing development are exempt from FAR requirements. (c) Areas used for enhanced pedestrian spaces and amenities accessible to the public maybe credited to satisfy the minunum floor area requirement. Credit for pedestrian spaces and amenities shall be applied at the rate of 2 square feet of floor area for each 1 square foot of enhanced pedestrian space. Enhanced pedestrian spaces and amenities include plazas, arcades, sheltered or recessed entries, galleries, courtyards, outdoor cafes, and widened public sidewalks (more than 6 feet wide outside of the public right -of -way), with benches, shelters, street furniture, public art, kiosks, or space for outdoor vending. (d) The building and permit services manager shall allow basement areas to be calculated as part of the gross square footage of the building, for purposes of calculating floor area ratio, if the basement is designed and constructed Ordinance - 160