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2 Project Description August 2016 In DA Districts  Modify Section 2-600 Specific Purposes for certain DA Districts to accurately describe district locations;  Provide for increased flexibility on multi-family residential and mixed-use residential parcels in the DA Districts by reducing the lot size required from 20,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet to allow a maximum density of 24 units per acre (Sections 2-636, 2- 638, 2-640, 2-642, and 2-646);  Establish a 20% density bonus for average unit size of less than 750 square feet in the DA-1, DA-3, DA-4 and DA-6 Districts (Sections 2-636, 2-640, and 2-642);  Change the corner side yard setback requirements in the DA-1, DA-2, DA-3, and DA-6 districts from 10 to 15 feet to Zero (0) feet, and the corner side yard setback in the DA-4 district from 10 feet to Zero (0) feet in Section 2-680;  Apply the following additional regulation for DA zoning districts: “Structures shall not intercept a one-to-one (1:1) or forty-five degree (45) daylight plane inclined inward from a height of eight (8) feet above existing grade at an RS or RD Zoning District property line. The Zoning Enforcement Official may approve an Administrative Exception if an applicant cannot meet these provisions. (Please refer to illustration “Required Daylight Plane at Adjoining Districts in Section 2-680); and  Remove all language and development regulations for the DA-5 (Section 2-644) and PHD (Section 2-620) zoning districts. DA-1 District  Increase the allowable maximum density from 75 to 100 dwelling units/acre on multi- family residential lots greater than 10,000 square feet in Section 2-636;  Define the mixed-use residential area where retail uses are required on the ground floor as “parcels fronting on East 14th Street and Washington Avenue, north of Parrott Street” in Section 2-636;  Remove the wording “With residential on upper floors only” in the Mixed-Use Residential use regulations in Section 2-636; and  Remove the “Maximum Office FAR: 2.0” and “Maximum Retail FAR: 2.0” and replace with “Maximum Non-Residential FAR: 3.5” in Section 2-686.  Remove the wording in Section 2-680.F.1(a) “A front building setback of 12 feet to 15 feet from the existing property line is required along the west side of East 14th Street to align with the Civic Center and to create a minimum 25-foot sidewalk and pedestrian amenity zone.” DA-2 District  Replace the FAR maximum “1.0 commercial use” with “1.0 Non-Residential” in Section 2-686.