75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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[TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Photo: Stacked Dwellings Illustrative Photo. Stacked Dwellings with a stoup entry Illusln hive Photo: Stacked Dwellings with stoops Sec. 41-2024. Stacked Dwellings Building Type. (a) A Stacked Dwelling is a structure of singledloof or multFBoordwellings of similar configuration either above or below that are stacked (b) lot Width and Depth. The minimum and maximum lot width and the minimum lot depth shall be as prescribed In T bl ST-1 (Permitted Building Types), (c) Access Standards (1) Entrance to the residential portions of the building shall be through a street level lobby, court. yard access, or through a combination of streehpodium lobby directly accessible from the sheet (2)The main entrance to each ground floor unit shall be directly from the street Secondary access than be through an elevator and Corridor (3) Access to eadn uM above the second level, not accessed through a podium, Is through an Inte- rior comdor of at least 6 feet in width with recalled down or searing alcovel/wgsen at least every 100 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 a Combination thereof. (2) Dwellings shall have Indirect access to their parking stall(s). (a) Service Standards (1) Utility meten that] be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any required landscape or setback area. (2) Mail bout shall Out be located in any required open space, landscape or setback areas or detract from the primary enhance to the development 00 Open Space Standards (1) The common opens space shall be at 0 a rem or aide ,a,d designed as a courtyard This com- mon open space shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and open to the sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground won a podium Side yards may be formed as common use gardens. (2) Minimum courtyard dimension Is 40 feet when the long axis of the courtyard Is oriented Ew and 30 feet for a NS 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 perimeter. Horizontal shifts, in upper flown adjacent to a court shall not exceed in the height of each upperfloor. (3)In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two opposing sides of the courtyard provided a minimum courtyard width of40 feet Is maintained Frontages and arch itecti ml projections are permitted on one side ofa 30foot wide courtyard provided a minimum courtyard width of 30 feet is maintained (4) Private opens paceshag be provided for each res idential unl t and shall be mo less than 50 square feet with a minimum dimension offs feet In each direction. (5) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common interior space, the size of whtch will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum dimension ofthn spaceshal] be 15 feet in each direction. (g) landscape Standards (1) Front yard trees shag not exceed the height of the buildings at maturity, except at the margins of the lot where they may be used to frame and separate the building from Its neighbon . The New; shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 244nch box tree per 25lineal feel of front yard The trees may be placed in groups In order to achieve a particular design. (2) In the may yant at least one (1) 364nch box canopy tree per 30 lineal feet shall be planted directly in the ground (3) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sematlon of forced podium hardsope. (4) One 364nch box specimen tree Is requited per courtyard that meets the minimum dimenn- siom For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 244nth box smaller sbe trees may be substituted for the 364nds box free. (5) Six (6) Sgallon size shrubs ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perenmbIL/shrubs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. (6) Side yard trees shall be placed to create a particular same of place at a rate of one 244nds box tree par 30 lineal feet (h) Frontage Standards (1) Living rooms, dining rooms and bedmoms are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(s) or sheet. Service rooms are oriented backing to conidon. (b) Sloops up to 3 feet In height may be placed above subterranean parking, provided the area (n Building Sire and Massing Standards (1) Buildings may contain zrry of 3 types of dwellings: flats. townhouses and lobs. (2) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by Individual designs. (3) Buildings may be composed of one dominant volume, flanked by secondary ones. (4) Each unit shah have at least one side exposed to the outdoors with direct access to common or private open space (5) A Stacked Dwellings shag Comply with the height ratios established in Table ST6 entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Stacked Dwellings Story. Table BT6 Maximum Ratioof..h Stacked Dwellings Story STORY Ground Flow %wfgmund fborbystory 10g% 1w096 Ps@5tH11 "U% Ill forairyperttivebu l area thatI Permitted or this n ficub story. tageof the ground Noon footprint of the bm'N1ng area that B PefmittM for this p articular story. BI Accessory Dwellings Accessory dwellings shah not be pemtitted (k) Accessory Structures Accessory structures shall not be permitted 4:11 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 04 City of Santa Ana, California 75G-36