Sec. 83-476
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- village growth area districts
- Geographic extent
- Village growth area districts
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Attached garage door setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.2 ft
If the door of an attached garage faces the street, the facade containing such garage door shall be set back at least two feet behind the street-facing facade of the dwelling it serves.
- Detached garage location
Detached garages or carports shall be located to the side or rear of the building(s) containing the dwelling units.
- Facade offset minimum depth2 ft
Wall offsets shall have a minimum depth of two feet.
- Facade offset spacing30 ft
Street-facing facades shall incorporate wall offsets, in the form of projections or recesses in the facade plane, spaced no more than 30 feet apart.
- Infill stepback for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. block face10 ft
Articulating the front facade so that the building appears from the street to be separate homes 'stepping back' the front facade a minimum of ten feet in the space where the side yards would typically be found between two single-family detached dwellings along the block face.
- Maximum building length250 ft
The maximum length of any multifamily or townhouse structure shall be 250 feet, regardless of the number of units.
- Maximum individual structure footprint in Village Center15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In the Village Center (VC) district, individual structure footprints shall not exceed a maximum of 15,000 square feet and total building area shall not exceed 45,000 square feet.
- Maximum total building area in Village Center45,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In the Village Center (VC) district, individual structure footprints shall not exceed a maximum of 15,000 square feet and total building area shall not exceed 45,000 square feet.
- Roof pitch range
Principal buildings shall incorporate roof pitches between 3:12 and 12:12, or incorporate a parapet at least three feet high with a three-dimensional cornice around a flat roof.
- Secondary vehicular access for 50+ units
New development with 50 or more dwelling units shall have at least one secondary point of vehicular access to or from the site to ensure emergency vehicle access.
Parking
- Maximum surface parking in front of building50 pct
No more than 50 percent of the required number of off-street parking spaces shall be surface parking located between the front of the principal building(s) and the street it faces unless the parking is screened from view from the street by other buildings or landscaping.
From the ordinance
These multifamily and townhouse residential development standards, which apply in the village growth area districts, are intended to establish a minimum level of development quality for multifamily and townhouse residential development.