75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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RANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Axonometdc Diagram Illustrative Photo: Courtyard with zaguan linking two court- 4:15 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ane, California Sec 41.2026. Courtyard Housing Building Type (a) Courtyard Housing is a building type consisting of residences that may be arranged In four pos- sible configurations townhouse; townhouses over flats, Oats, and Flan over flan The structures are arranged next to each other on one or more courts that are partly or wholly open to the street (b) Lot Width and Depth fire it flith un W !dH shall be OR feet and III art we! not, met idd !tell be The minimum and maximum lotwidth and the minimum lot depth shall be as pmscr'bed I T bl gT-1 1P 'ttd R 'Id' T}— s) (c) Access Standards (1)The main entry each ground furor unit shall be directly off common courtyard or from the street (2) Aceess to second story units not accessed directly from a podium shall be through Starr, serving up to 3 unity (3) Elevator access, if arty, shall be provided between the garage and courtyard/podium ody. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required parking shall be accommodated in an underground or aboveground garage, surface parking, tuck under parking or a combination thereof (2) Dwellings may have direct of indirect access to their parking stall(s), or direct access to stalb enclosed within the garage. (e) 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, (f) Open Space Standards (1)The common open space shall be designed as a central Courtyard or partial, multiple, separated or Interconnected courtyard; The Common opne space shall be at least 15 percent of the lot and must be open to the sky. (2) Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between the width of the courtyard and height of the building for at least 2/3 of the courts perimeter. Horizontal shifts In upper Oxon adjacent to a court shall not exceed 12 the height of each upper floor. In a project with multiple court. yards, at least two of the courtyards shall conform to the patterns above. (3) In 40 foot wide courtyard; frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two oppos- ing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet Is maintained Frontages mid architectural projections are permitted on one side of 30 foot wide courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 feet is maintained (4) Courtyards Shan be connected to each other and to the public way by zaguans or paceo; (5) Private open space is required for each residential unit and shall be no less than 90 square feet with a minimum dimension of 6feet In each direction. (6) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common interior space, the size of which shall be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet In each direction. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape Shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots or the shophontof ground floor Beat space. Front yard trees shag not exceed IS times the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins othee lop where they may be no more than 15 times the height of building at maturity. Trees shag be planted at the rate of one (1) 364nch box tree per 25lineal feet of front yard Trees maybe placed in groups in order to achleve a particular design. (Zgn the rear yard at lean one (1) 24-Inch canopy tree per 25lineal feet shall be planted directly In the ground (3) One 364nch box specimen free Is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimensions For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 244nch box Smaller size trees may be Substituted for the 364nch box tree (4) In courtyards over garage; one (1) 244rxh box size bee of small scale (12.15'height at maturity) or similartall shrubs Shan be used in planters with a 16' minimum dimension (5) Sideyard trees shag be placed at a rate of one (1) 244nch box tree per 30lineal feet for pMaryof nelghbom (6) Six (6) Sgallon size shrub , ten (10) one -gallon she herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turfor acceptable dry climate ground over shall be planted for every required bee. (h) Frontage Standards (1) Entrance doors and social rooms such as living roams and dining rooms are oriented toward the courtyard(s) and the fronting street Service roans shall be oriented backing to side yards, ser. vice yards and mar yards to the degree possible. (2) Frontages and architectural projections or features such as tower; loggias and entry stain shall not encroach Into the required minimum dimension of a courtyard (3) Stoops up to 3 feet in height may be placed above subterranean parking, provided the area adja- cent Is landscaped and the stoops are scaled to the street and building. g) Building She and Massing Standards (1) Buildings shall be composed of one two and three Story masses each designed to house scale and not necessarily representing a single dwelling. (2) 34tory buildings shall be composed of single story and stacked units. In this case, the visibility, of elevator, and of eztenaCorridors at the third story shall be minimized by Incorporation Into the mass of the building (3) Buildings may contain any three types of dwellings: flat; townhouse; and lofty (4) Units mayto be as reparative or unique as deemed by Individual designs (5) 4 and Salary, masses shag be minimized Inside Courtyards and apparent on street frontages (6)The Intent of these Standards is to provide for courtyard housing projects with varying building heights. Courtyard housing shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-9, entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Courtyard Housing Story. Table BT-B Maxmum Radio attach Courtyard Haring Story STOPY Ground Floor ] ] 0 S %ofground noon bystw'/ 100% lOma 85%l1] Ssx 4m6 (1) Foranypeerentage less than 100x, the percentage refers to the Percentage ofthe ground flow Iaotpriwaftlx WBduag area thatizpwmltted fa [leis padahrs[ory. 01 Accessory Dwellings Accessory dwellings shag not be pemdited (k) Accessory Structures shall not be permitted. Detached garages shag be permuted. 75G-38