CalallenStang wrote:RGV Pony wrote:
which would mean when the south endzone becomes enclosed, those stands could be the same height
Possibly. Mockingbird might affect that some. I'm sure there are setback laws that we'll have to be aware of.
The stadium is zoned UC-1. In UP, UC-1 (University Campus, and there are 4 different UC zones on/because of campus):
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UC-1 UC-2 UC-3 UC-4
Minimum Lot Area (s.f) n/a 5,000 5,000 7,000
Minimum Lot Width (ft.) n/a 50 50 50
Minimum Lot Depth (ft.) n/a 100 100 180
Minimum Front Yard (ft.) 25 25 25 (4) 25
Minimum Side Yard (ft.) 15(a) (4) (4) (4)
Minimum Rear Yard (ft.) 5(a) 12.5
Special Yard Requirements (4) (4)
Maximum Height (ft.) 120/120 42/55 35/35 35/35
see (3)(a) below see (3)(a) below
(Residential/Nonresidential)
(a) For sites adjacent to UC-1 boundary. No yard is required for interior sites.
(3) Development Standards
(a) Special Height Requirement
i. In the UC-1 District, the required front, side, and rear yard setback(s) for a building wall(s) adjacent to the boundary of the UC-1 district shall be increased one foot (1') for each two feet (2') that a building erected on a site adjacent to the district boundary exceeds forty feet (40') in height.
ii. In the UC-3 District, the maximum building height for a building erected on a lot abutting Dublin shall be thirty-five feet (35'), provided, however, that the height of such a building may be increased one foot (1') for each one foot (1') that the front or side yard setback from Dublin is increased, up to a maximum height of forty-two feet (42'). A building erected at a point greater than forty-two feet (42') from the west right-of-way line of Dublin shall have a maximum height of forty-two (42') feet.
(4) Special Yard Requirements
Nothing herein is intended to allow the obstruction of a corner lot sight line as otherwise provided for in the Code of Ordinances.
(5) Other Regulations
(a) Control of Run-Off Water
Chapter 3, Art. 3.100 of the Code of Ordinances, shall apply to those locations in the UC Districts where the run-off water does not enter the storm sewer system maintained by S.M.U. in the original main campus.
Other pertinent info about the Ford Stadium special requirements, Chapter 5, heading (e):
(e) Ford Stadium
i. The following temporary uses shall be permitted in Ford Stadium:
(A) Collegiate activities sponsored and approved by Southern Methodist University;
(B) High school football play-off games;
(C) High school football games other than play-off games provided that such games shall be limited to two days (including nights) per academic year with no more than two games played per day;
(D) Football and soccer youth league events; and
(E) Any event for which no admission is charged and for which fewer than five hundred (500) spectators will be admitted.
ii. Any event the primary purpose of which is to provide musical entertainment over an electronically amplified speaker system shall not be permitted in Ford Stadium.
The entire UP Zoning Ordinance can be found at
http://codes.franklinlegal.net/universitypark-flp/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=frame_default.htm
