75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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(TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Axonometric Diagram Sec. 41-2022. Flex Block Building Type (a) Flex Block is a building generally of a single massing element designed for occupancy by retail, seMce, or office uses on the ground floor, with upperfloors also configured for those uses or for residences. (b) Lot Width and Depth The minimum and maximum let width and the minimum lot depth shall bea,prescribed in TableBT-I Permitted Build ' T 1 (c) Access Standards (I)The main entrance to each ground floor unit shall be directlyfrom the street (2) Entrance to the residential potions shall be through a dedicated street4evel lobby, orthrough a dedicated podium lobby accessible from the street or through a side yard. (3) Access to each unit above the second level, not accessed through a podium shall be through an Interior mrddor of at least 6 feet In width with recessed doors or seating alcoves roffsets at at least log feet (4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required parking shall be accommodated In an underground garage, surface parking, tuck under parking, or combination thereof (2) Dwellings shag have Indirect access to their parking stants). (a) Service Standards (1) utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any required landscape or setback area. (2) Mall boxes shall not be located In any required open space, landscape or setback areas or detract from the primary entrance to the development (f) Open Space Standards (1) The common open space shall be at 8ke war aside 7eNdesigned as a courtyard, or in the front as a forecourt This area shall be equal to 1S percent of the lot and shall be open to the sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or an a podium Side yards may also be formed to provide outdoor patios connected to ground floor commercial was to serve As additional open space. (2) Minimum courtyard dimensions shall be 40 feet when the long axis of the Courtyard is ori- ented EW and 30 feet for a PIS orientation Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between the width of the Courtyard and the height of the building for at least 2/3 of the courts pedmeter. Horizontal shifts In upper floors adjacent to a court may not exceed in the height of each upper flow. (3) In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two opposing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet Is main. lalned Frontages and architectural pojectiom are permitted on one side of a 30 foot wide courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 feet is maintained. (4) Private open space shall be provided for each residential unit and shall be no less than SO square fret with a minimum dimension of 6 feet In each directions (5) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common inte- rior space the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space The mini- mum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Where rear yards are present at least one (I 136dnch box canopy tree per 30 lineal feet shall be planted directly in the ground. (2) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation of forced podium hardscape. (3) Sideyard trees shall be placed to Create a particular sense of place at a rate of one (1) 244nch box free per 30 lineal feet (4) Where a front yard is present at least one (1) 24-Inch box new per 25lineal feet shall be plant- ed.The trees may be placed in groups In order to achieve a particular design. (5) One 364nch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimen- sions For courtyards that exceed the minimum c imembns, two or more 24lnch box smaller size trees may be substituted for the 36Anch box tree. (6) Six (6) 5-gallon sized shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon sin herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or acceptable dry Climate ground covershall be planted for every required tree. (2) Where rear yards are present at least one (1) 36-Inch box canopy tree per 30 Bneal feet shall be planted directly in the ground. (h) Frontage Standards (1) Entrance doors and social roams, such as living rooms and dining rooms located on the ground floor, are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(s) or street when fronting W one Ill Building Size and Massing Standards (1) Each unit shall have at least one side exposed to the outdoors with direct access to common or private open space. (2) Buildings may contain any of three types ofdmIlIngsflats, townhouses and lofts (3) units may be As repetitive or unique as deemed by Individual designs. (4) Buildings are allowed to be composed of one dombaM volume. (5)The Flex Blocks shall Comply widt the height ratios established in Table BF4 entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Flex Block Story. Table BT4 Maximum Ratio ofiadl Flex Block Story STORY Ground Fkwr %afgmuMfloor 144% laQ% BaBS%f23W asa% 131W iar4rryperrmbge less than lOWythepere hreferto the xsteni ddiegmund floor footprint of the Ivnk ing area that IS Iwmntedfar this Pargcuhron, Illustrative Photy. Flex Bfockwith shopfront frontage (➢ Accessory Dwellings Accessory dwellings shall not be penrumd b TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 94 City ar Santa Ana, California (k) Accessory Stmctures Accessory structures shall not be permitted. 75G-34