22.140.585
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Zones R-2, R-3, and R-4
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum trees per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 tree per 25 ft
A minimum of one tree shall be planted within a required perimeter front yard for every 25 feet of street frontage.
- Minimum trees per uncovered parking space1 tree per 4 spaces
A minimum of one tree for every four uncovered parking spaces shall be planted on a parking-only lot that contains uncovered parking spaces.
Other
- Maximum detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
A detached accessory structure on a compact lot shall not exceed one story and 15 feet above grade in height, except that such detached accessory structure may be two stories and 25 feet above grade in height if it contains habitable spaces above a garage or carport.
- Minimum ground floor habitable space width14 ft
The ground floor of a single-family residence on a compact lot shall contain a habitable space of at least 14 feet in width.
- Minimum private usable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each compact lot shall provide no less than a total of 100 square feet of private usable open space, of which at least one open space area shall have a minimum dimension of eight feet wide by eight feet long.
Parking
- Mechanical parking stackers allowed in R-4
Mechanical parking stackers may be used where two parking spaces are provided in a garage in Zone R-4.
- Tandem parking allowed on alley-fronting compact lots
Tandem parking spaces are allowed on alley-fronting compact lots where vehicles back directly onto the alley.
From the ordinance
A single-family residence on a compact lot shall have a floor area of not less than 575 square feet. ... A single-family residence on a compact lot shall not exceed two stories and 35 feet above grade in height.