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Amending Section 14-504 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District," by adding new areas entitled "Powelton Village Zone 1" and "Powelton Village Zone 2," all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING.
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CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS.
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§ 14-504. /NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.
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(9) Powelton Village Zone 1.
(a) Applicability.
The Powelton Village Zone 1 /NCO applies to the properties bounded by 35th Street, Spring Garden Street, 31st Street, Powelton Avenue, 32nd Street, Summer Street, Natrona Street, Powelton Avenue, 34th Street, and Lancaster Avenue, as shown on the following map for illustrative purposes only.
(b) Area and Form Regulations for Residential Structures.
These regulations shall apply to residentially-zoned properties and to properties permitted by L&I for exclusive residential use.
(.1) Building Setback Line.
Where a new building is attached to an existing structure, the primary façade of the new structure shall match the setback of the primary façade of the existing adjacent structure, unless specifically prohibited by the Zoning Code.
(.2) Building Height.
Notwithstanding other sections of the Zoning Code, the height of a new structure shall be limited to three-stories, and thirty-five (35) feet.
(.3) Fenestration.
(.a) For all new construction, windows along the street frontage of the first floor shall:
(.i) have an overall window height of at least five feet from sill to head, and;
(.ii) have a minimum aggregate width, in lineal feet, of at least 25% of the total lineal frontage of the first floor.
(.c) Where permits are required, replacement windows on existing structures facing a public right-of-wa...
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