Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 50%
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Activating features
A minimum of 3 activating features shall be incorporated: seating, picnic tables, shade trees, outdoor kitchen, children's play equipment, public art, or water feature.
- Minimum dimension of common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.40 ft
Common open spaces shall have a minimum dimension of 40 feet in any direction, building face to building face.
- Common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage15 pct
At least 15% of the total gross development area shall be common open space for developments with more than 20 units.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. landscaping50 pct
A minimum of 50% of the open space area shall be landscaped with live plant material suitable for the desert climate.
Private open space: 80 sq ft for ground-floor units (patio), 40 sq ft for upper-story units (terrace/balcony/rooftop patio).
From the ordinance
For multi-family residential developments with more than 20 units, centralized open space and community facilities shall be provided... At least 15% of the total gross development area shall be common open space.