Chapter 2 Zoning Districts Appendix 2B Old Louisville Limerick TNZD Plan Report Excerpt Page3 of 3

Table 2.4.1 Uses Permitted in the Neighborhood Center

Category	Description of Permitted Uses
Residential Uses
Dwellings, Two-Family	Two dwelling units in the principal structure on a single lot, plus one dwelling unit in the Accessory Structure Area.
Dwellings, Multifamily	Three or more residential units in the principal structure on a lot, not to exceed 90 dwelling units per acre.
Home Occupations	Home Occupations as permitted by Chapter 4.4.5 of the Land Development Code.
Garages and Accessory Residential Units Carriage House	(an Accessory Structure at the rear of a lot that was originally built to accommodate the storage of carriages, wagons, horse or mule stables, with or without an Accessory Residential Unit; or a new or renovated garage, storage building, or building accommodating another accessory use, with or without an Accessory Residential Unit, that has architectural characteristics similar to those of historic carriage houses).
Commercial Uses
Community/ Cultural Centers, and Civic Buildings Uses include meeting halls or other facilities used for cultural (including visual and performing arts), recreational, social, or educational activities.
	Antique and collectibles stores Appliance repair stores, including radios and televisions Appliance/furniture stores Art and craft galleries and supplies Assisted Living Residence Athletic facilities (indoor only) Bakeries and delicatessens, retail (all products to be sold on the premises only) Banks, credit unions, savings and loans and similar financial institutions Beauty salons and barber shops Bicycle and Athletic Equipment – sales and service Book shops and stationery stores Bookbinding Building materials, storage and sales provided all operations are totally enclosed in a building Cleaning, pressing, and dyeing establishments using non-flammable and non-explosive cleaning fluid Clothing stores Coin laundries Computer sales Confectionery or candy stores, retail (all products sold on the premises only) Dancing instruction Department stores Dressmaking or millinery shops Drug stores / Pharmacies Dry cleaning, dyeing, pressing, and laundry; distributing stations or retail business where no cleaning, dyeing, pressing or laundry is done for other distributing stations or cleaning establishments Dry goods and notion stores Engraving, watchmaking and jewelry manufacturing, products are sold on premises Equipment rental, where all activities are within a building Extended stay lodging Family day care home Florists and sundry stores Funeral homes Furniture stores Governmental buildings Grocery stores Hardware and paint stores Health clubs & salons Homes for infirm and aged Hotels and motels Interior decorating shops Jewelry stores Libraries, museums, historical buildings and grounds, arboretums, aquariums, and art galleries Medical laboratories, not including plasma or blood collecting centers Monument sales, provided that all activities are within a building Music supply stores, Music and vocal instructions Neighborhood pubs and live music in restaurants Nurseries, retail Nursing homes Package liquor stores (where alcohol is not consumed on the premises) Pet shops Photocopying, duplicating, paper folding, mail processing and related services Photographic studios and shops Picture framing Printing, lithographing, or publishing establishments, if constructed to insure that there is no noise or vibration evident outside the walls of the buildings Public transportation passenger terminals Restaurants, including coffee houses, tea rooms, and cafes, where food and drink may be served or consumed outside or inside (no drive-through service permitted) Retail or wholesale stores or businesses not involving any kind of manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental to the business conducted on the premises, and provided that not more than fifty (50) percent of the floor area of the building is used in the manufacture, processing, or treatment of products, and that such operations or products are not objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration, or other similar causes Rubber stamp manufacturing, where products are sold on the premises Shoe repair shops Shoe stores Sign painting Stationary stores Tailor Telephone exchanges Temporary buildings, the uses of which are incidental to construction operations being conducted on the same or adjoining lot or tract, and which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of such construction, or upon the expiration of a period of two years from the time of erection of such temporary buildings, whichever is sooner Tents, air structures and other temporary structures intended for occupancy commercial activities including but not limited to sales, display, and food services, provided that applicable building and fire safety codes are met, and provided further that such structures may not be installed for a period (or periods totaling) more than ten (10) days during a calendar year. Theaters Toy & Hobby stores Upholstery and furniture repair shops Variety stores Veterinary hospital, provided the operations is conducted within a soundproofed building, no animals are boarded, and there are no runs or pens outside of the building Video stores Other similar neighborhood serving uses as established by the Planning Commission
Office Uses
Offices	Professional or business offices
Other Uses
Storage sheds	Subordinate structures or buildings used primarily for storage purposes, the total square footage of which do not exceed 100 square feet each.
Accessory Uses	A use which is clearly incidental to, customarily found in association with, and serves a principal use; is subordinate in purpose, area, or extent to the principal use served; and is located on the same building site as the principal use, including parking areas.
Temporary Buildings, Uses, or Activities	Garage and yard sales, and tents, air structures, and other temporary structures (must not be displayed more than 10 days in a calendar year). Buildings or uses incidental to active construction.
Original Use of Structure	A specific purpose for which an applicant seeks to use a structure that was existing on the property on November 22, 1926, and for which said structure was used on or before that date.

Table 2.4.2 Uses Permitted Where Mapped in the Neighborhood Center

Land Use Category	Description of Uses Permitted Where Mapped
Institutional Uses
Churches and Synagogues	Religious institutions, church buildings, synagogues, temples, mosques, and ancillary uses.

Table 2.4.3 Uses Permitted as Conditional Uses in the Neighborhood Center

Land Use Category	Description of Uses Permitted as Conditional Uses
Other Uses
Bed & Breakfast Inns	Residential structured used by a resident thereof as a small inn which provides 8 or fewer temporary rooms for hire to short-term guests, and includes a breakfast for the guest or guests at a daily fixed price for the room and breakfast. Meals, meeting facilities, and other services shall be provided only for guests registered at the bed and breakfast inn.
Historic House Museums	Residences having historic and/or architectural significance which members of the public may view with or without charge fro admission

2.5 SITE DESIGN STANDARDS

Site design standards of the Traditional Neighborhood Form District attached hereto as Appendix 3.10 and incorporated herein by reference shall apply to the Old Louisville/Limerick TNZD except as modified in Table 2.5 below.

Table 2.5 Site Design Standards

	Neighborhood General	Neighborhood Transition Center	Neighborhood Center
Lot size	Maintain historic lot patterns; no minimum lot sizes.	Maintain historic lot patterns; no minimum lot sizes.	No minimum lot sizes.
Lot coverage		Buildings shall cover no more than 60% of the area of their lots. Coverage calculations shall exclude open porches and accessory buildings.	Buildings shall cover no more than 90% of the area of their lots. Coverage calculations shall exclude open porches and accessory buildings.
Setbacks			All street-facing facades shall be built to the property lines abutting the public right-of-way. Rear Yard Setback - minimum of 5 feet to the rear facade of the principal structure. Side Yard Setback – minimum of zero feet to a common wall. Stoops, balconies and porches may encroach into setbacks. Arcades and awnings may encroach upon the right-of-way up to one foot from the curb line with the approval of the Director of Works.
Building façade			The building facade shall extend no less than 80% of the linear lot frontage. A minimum 4 ft. high solid wall that continues the façade plane along the lot line may be substituted for the facade for 50% of the linear frontage.
Building Height	New buildings in an undeveloped block shall not exceed 3.5 stories and 45 ft.	New buildings shall not exceed 4 stories and 51 ft.	Buildings shall not exceed 4.5 stories and 60 ft. nor be less than 2 stories.

2.6 BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS

Building design standards of the Traditional Neighborhood Form District attached hereto as Appendix 3.10 and incorporated herein by reference, together with the Design Review Guidelines as adopted for the Old Louisville and Limerick Preservation Districts, shall apply to the Old Louisville/Limerick TNZD to ensure compatibility of building types and to relate new buildings to the building traditions of the neighborhood. To the extent that design standards of the Form District conflict with Preservation District Guidelines, the more restrictive requirement shall prevail.

2.7 PARKING and LOADING

The provisions of the Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Parking and Loading Standards for Traditional Neighborhood Form Districts attached hereto as Appendix 3.11 and incorporated herein by reference shall apply to the Old Louisville/Limerick TNZD, except as modified below.

Parking lots may not be adjacent to a street intersection or a square and may not occupy lots that terminate a street vista. Parking lots otherwise located adjacent to a street or a residential use shall be screened in accordance with the standards of the Land Development Code. The sole access to all off-street surface parking shall be from the alley where an alley abuts the lot. Where existing alley design or configuration limits or significantly impedes access to the proposed parking; or when the addition of the proposed parking will significantly increase traffic on the affected alley, the Planning Commission can grant exceptions to this rule.

New Accessory Residential Units (Carriage Houses) on residential lots shall not be considered as additional units for the calculation of minimum parking requirements but shall provide one additional parking space for the accessory residential unit.

Parking for commercial uses in the Neighborhood Center and Neighborhood Transition – Center zones, as well as for corner commercial structures in the Neighborhood General, shall not exceed the parking minimum requirements established by Appendix 3.11. Uses in the Neighborhood Center may provide required parking anywhere in the Neighborhood Center without application for a waiver, provided that all site design standards are met. Shared parking facilities are encouraged in the Neighborhood Center and Neighborhood Transition – Center.

Table 2.7., “Parking Requirements by Zone and Use,” describes minimum parking requirements for the TNZD.

TABLE 2.7. PARKING REQUIREMENTS by ZONE and USE

LAND USE CATAGORY	TNZD ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL	TNZD ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION CENTER	TNZD ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
Single Family/Duplex Residential	No minimum number of spaces required*	No minimum number of spaces required*	No minimum number of spaces required*
Permitted or Permitted where Mapped Multifamily Residential	.75 spaces per dwelling unit.	.75 spaces per dwelling unit.	.75 spaces per dwelling unit.
Permitted or Permitted where Mapped Institutional	No new parking spaces required for existing contributing structures. New structures to provide spaces as required in Appendix 3.11.*	No minimum number of spaces required.	No minimum number of spaces required.
Mapped Corner Commercial	No minimum number of spaces required.	N/A	N/A
Non-Residential Uses	N/A	No minimum number of spaces required.	No minimum number of spaces required
Bed & Breakfast	.75 spaces per bedroom.*	.75 spaces per bedroom.*	No minimum number of spaces required
Historic Houses Museums	No minimum number of spaces required.*	No minimum number of spaces required.	No minimum number of spaces required
Community Centers	No new parking spaces required for existing contributing structures. New structures to provide spaces as required in Appendix 3.11.*	No minimum number of spaces required.	N/A

*Parking shall be limited to the accessory structures area of the lot, except with the approval of the Louisville Landmarks Commission or the Planning Commission.

2.8 SIGNS

The sign standards applicable within the Traditional Neighborhood Form District and as contained in the Design Review Guidelines for the Old Louisville and Limerick Preservation Districts shall apply to the TNZD, except as modified below. Until such time as the Land Development Code and sign regulations applicable to the TNFD are in effect, Article 11 of the Development Code shall apply to the TNZD.

Outdoor advertising signs, as defined in the Land Development Code, are not permitted within the TNZD.
All signs within the TNZD shall be attached, awning, canopy, or projecting signs. Freestanding signs are not permitted, except for real estate rent/sale signs and Bed and Breakfast Inns as provided in paragraph 2.8.e. below.
Signs shall conform to the building design standards of the TNZD.
Corner commercial structures shall have not more than one lighted or non-lighted attached, awning, or canopy sign facing each street, which shall not exceed 12 sq. ft. in area and shall not extend more than 12” from the face of the façade. A projecting sign having a maximum area of 6 sq. ft. and projecting not more than 42” from the façade may be used in lieu of an attached, awning, or canopy sign.
Bed and Breakfast Inns and General/Business or Professional Offices (where these uses are permitted, and excluding Home Occupations) shall have a maximum of one attached sign not to exceed 6 sq. ft. in area located on the principal façade or porch adjacent to the principal building entrance. Exception: Bed and Breakfast Inns may have one freestanding sign, in lieu of an attached sign, which shall not exceed 6 sq. ft. in area and shall be located within 6 feet of the principal façade of the structure.
No sign shall be mounted above the sill of the second floor windows of a structure.
All lighted signs shall only be externally illuminated.

LANDSCAPING

The landscaping and buffering standards applicable within Traditional Neighborhood Form Districts shall apply to the TNZD. Until such time as the Land Development Code and landscaping standards applicable to the TNFD are in effect, Article 12 of the Development Code shall apply to the TNZD.