Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. paving limit50 pct
For residential single-unit or two-unit buildings, paved surfaces used for parking, including driveways, shall not cover more than 50% of the front yard.
- Parking location relative to street
No off-street parking, loading, or circulation areas between building and primary street frontage, except for arterial streets with screening (low masonry walls ≤4 ft, berms, hedges providing min 5 ft screening height).
- Parking lot landscaping
Surface parking lots with >10 spaces must have shade trees in planters (min 4 ft wide). Lots >50 spaces divided into smaller lots of ≤50 spaces. Landscape buffer ≥10 ft between adjacent lots/structures unless common parking provided.
- RV parking
Permanent parking for RVs, boats, etc. shall be located behind the front plane of the primary building. Not permitted in multi-unit or mixed-use zones.
From the ordinance
For parking areas serving multi-unit residential projects with more than 2 units or mixed use developments, no off-street parking, off-street vehicle loading, or vehicular circulation areas shall be located between the building and the primary street frontage except in certain circumstances.