Section 17.54.115
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Number of dwellings
Number of dwelling units = project area / minimum lot area of underlying zone.
Design
- Front porch
Every dwelling shall have a covered entry porch >70 sq ft (or >50 sq ft if dwelling <700 sq ft) with min dimension 6 ft (or 5 ft).
Other
- Adjacency requirement
At least 20% of all housing units shall be adjacent to designated common or open space.
- Common space per unit400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum required dedicated common space shall be 400 square feet per dwelling unit.
- Cottage common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Four hundred square feet per dwelling unit common open space for cottage housing.
- Cottage private open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each cottage housing unit shall have a 200 sq ft minimum usable private yard.
Front 10 ft, street-side 12 ft, interior side 5 ft min / 12 ft total, detached garages within 5 ft of interior side/rear.
- Moveable tiny house occupancy
Moveable tiny houses shall be owner occupied or rented long-term (31+ days) and occupy site for minimum 120 days.
- Walking distance1,320 ft
Walking distance between all housing units and common space shall on average not exceed 1,320 feet.
- Zero lot line
Side setback on one side may be reduced to zero for cluster lots sharing common street frontage, with 10 ft separation between structures.
Parking
- Moveable tiny house parking1 spaces
Each moveable tiny house dwelling shall have one designated parking space.
From the ordinance
The minimum required dedicated common space shall be 400 square feet per dwelling unit.