THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 14-106 of The Philadelphia Code, The Philadelphia Zoning Maps are hereby amended by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land within an area bounded Johnson Street, Morton Street, Tulpehocken Street, the SEPTA Chestnut Hill East Line, Haines Street, Germantown Avenue, Rittenhouse Street, and Wissahickon Avenue from the existing zoning designations indicated on Maps “A8” through “A16,” set forth below, to the zoning designations indicated on Maps “B8” through “B16,” set forth below.
SECTION 2. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
§ 14-503. /NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District.
(3) Germantown Avenue.
(a) Applicability.
The requirements of this Germantown Avenue /NCA overlay district apply to the subareas within that district set forth as follows and as shown on the following graphic for illustrative purposes only:
(.2) Mount Airy
and Germantown North
Subarea.
All properties fronting on Germantown Avenue between Cresheim Valley Drive and
Chelten Avenue.
[Washington Lane.
]
(c) Mount Airy
and Germantown North
Subarea
The following standards apply within the Mount Airy
and Germantown North
Subarea:
(.1) Facade Review.
L&I shall not issue a building permit for the erection of a building or the alteration of facade until the Planning Commission has reviewed the plans of all proposed facades and determined that the proposed facades, in the opinion of the Commission, are in harmony with the
Mount Airy and Germantown North
Subarea's historic commercial area and pedestrian-oriented environment. The Commission shall have 60 days to approve or disapprove the application, after which its approval will be presumed.
(.2) Signs.
No sign may be erected or maintained in the
Mount Airy and Germantown North
Subarea unless approved by the Art Commission. The Art Commission has 60 days to approve or disapprove the application, after which its approval will be presumed.
(.4) Ground Floor Uses.
In the CMX-2 and CMX-2.5 district, [the following]
buildings that are designated as historic by the Philadelphia Historical Commission and added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Table Note [3] of Table 14-602-2, which otherwise requires that buildings in CMX-2 or CMX-2.5 zoning districts contain a use other than residential and other than parking along 100% of the ground floor frontage and within the first 30 ft. of building depth, measured from the front building
line.
[line:
(.a) If the lot is bounded by two or more streets, any building frontage that faces a portion of the lot that is not a designated primary frontage.
(.b) All frontages of buildings that are designated as historic by the Philadelphia Historical Commission and added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.]
(.5) Parking.
(.b) Parking for residential uses shall meet the following standards:
(i) For lots
between Cresheim Valley Drive and Washington Lane, no accessory parking is required for buildings with fewer than 20 dwelling units. On lots with 20 or more dwelling units, accessory parking shall
be provided at a minimum ratio of three parking spaces for every ten dwelling units.
[with fewer than 20 dwelling units, there is no required minimum number of parking spaces.
(ii) For lots with 20 or more dwelling units, parking shall be provided at a minimum ratio of three parking spaces for every ten dwelling units.]
(ii)
For lots between Washington Lane and Chelten Avenue, no accessory parking is required for buildings with fewer than 10 dwelling units. On lots with 10 or more dwelling units, accessory parking shall be provided at a minimum ratio of three parking spaces for every ten dwelling units.
(.c) Off-street surface parking and loading shall not be located between the building line and street line along Germantown Avenue.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.
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