Table 12-903(3) Key Highway Waterfront Area

A map of the Key Highway Waterfront. The map displays the W-1 Waterfront Overlay District, Height Control Zones including Areas 1 and 2, Public Access Corridors, and Harbor. If you need additional assistance, please contact the Department of Planning at (410) 396-7526.

Area	Height Limitations
1	Building height may not exceed 290 feet above Mean Low Tide. Building coverage in this area may not exceed the following percentages of the existing aggregate of those areas: (a) Grade to El. 58 feet: 65%. (b) El. 58 feet to El. 150 feet: 30%. (c) El. 150 feet to El. 390 feet: 16%. Maximum height of El. 58 feet in the area north of the eastward extension of Grindall Street and Key Highway. No structure located between El. 150 feet and El. 390 feet shall exceed 14,000 square feet in area nor be located less than 100 feet from any structure located between El. 150 feet and El. 390 feet. Rooftop mechanical equipment may exceed such a maximum permitted elevations, as approved by DHCD.
2	Minimum Building Height along Key Highway – 35 feet. Maximum Base Building Height – 60 feet. 15 foot stepback for building above 40 feet along Key Highway. All new buildings shall be setback a minimum of 18' from the existing curb line of Key Highway. Towers (building above 60 feet base building height) subject to the following: Maximum Floor-plates above 60 feet – 11,000 Gross Square Feet (GSF). Spaced no less than 100 feet from another tower. Maximum Total Building Height – 140 feet. Priority Open Space Bonus: additional height and density above 140 feet may be earned for the development of priority open space in Areas A, B, and C as labeled on the Table 12-903(3) Key Highway Waterfront Area, at a rate of 10 GSF building/ 1.0 GSF of priority open space provided. Only bonus density may be used above 140 feet. Maximum building height with bonuses may not exceed 290 feet. Priority Open Space created to calculate bonus density may not exceed 37,500 total square feet in Area A and may not exceed 28,000 total square feet in Areas B and C combined. Priority open space does not include the required Promenade and is to be built and maintained by the landowner for credit. Open spaces shall be established by public easements granted to the City.

Area

Height Limitations

Building height may not exceed 290 feet above Mean Low Tide. Building coverage in this area may not exceed the following percentages of the existing aggregate of those areas:

(a) Grade to El. 58 feet: 65%.

(b) El. 58 feet to El. 150 feet: 30%.

Maximum height of El. 58 feet in the area north of the eastward extension of Grindall Street and Key Highway.

No structure located between El. 150 feet and El. 390 feet shall exceed 14,000 square feet in area nor be located less than 100 feet from any structure located between El. 150 feet and El. 390 feet.

Rooftop mechanical equipment may exceed such a maximum permitted elevations, as approved by DHCD.

Minimum Building Height along Key Highway – 35 feet.

Maximum Base Building Height – 60 feet.

15 foot stepback for building above 40 feet along Key Highway.

All new buildings shall be setback a minimum of 18' from the existing curb line of Key Highway.

Towers (building above 60 feet base building height) subject to the following:

Maximum Floor-plates above 60 feet – 11,000 Gross Square Feet (GSF).
Spaced no less than 100 feet from another tower.
Maximum Total Building Height – 140 feet.

Priority Open Space Bonus: additional height and density above 140 feet may be earned for the

development of priority open space in Areas A, B, and C as labeled on the Table 12-903(3) Key Highway Waterfront Area, at a rate of 10 GSF building/ 1.0 GSF of priority open space provided. Only bonus density may be used above 140 feet. Maximum building height with bonuses may not exceed 290 feet. Priority Open Space created to calculate bonus density may not exceed 37,500 total square feet in Area A and may not exceed 28,000 total square feet in Areas B and C combined. Priority open space does not include the required Promenade and is to be built and maintained by the landowner for credit. Open spaces shall be established by public easements granted to the City.

Area	Public-Access and Public-View Corridors
1	Public-Access Corridors must be provided from Key Highway to the water's edge from the five locations shown and connect the public sidewalk along Key Highway to the Public Promenade.
2	Public-Access Corridors must be a minimum of 20 feet in width of permanently constructed hard scape within a Public-View Corridor. The associated Public-View Corridor must be a minimum of 60 feet wide that connects the public sidewalk along Key Highway to the Public Promenade.

(Ord. 17-015; Ord. 16-581.)