75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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T R A N SIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards - Building Types b Amnometric ❑ienram 423 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California SeC41.2030. Bungalow Court Building Type (a) Bungalow court is a configumtlon of single units arranged around a common, shared courtyard that Is wholly open to the street The individual buildings are arranged next to each other to form the bungalow court building type. (b) Lot Width and Depth The minimum and maximum lot Buildings Tvnest (d Access Standards (1) Entrance to units shall be directly from the front yard or from the courtyard (2) Where an alley is not present parking and services shall be accessed by a driveway 8 to 10 feet wide, with 2-foot planters on each side when serving a private 2-car garage, and 18 to 20 feet In width with 2-foot planters on each side when serving more than one private 2-car garage. (3) On a corner lot without access to an alley, parking and services shall be accessed from the side street (d) Parking Standards (1) Required residential unit parking shall be within individual garages, which shall Contain up to four cars (2) Garages on camer lots without alleys shall front onto the side street and shall have 1-cargarage doors and driveways no more than 8 feet wide that are separated by planters at least 2 feet wide. (3) Garages shall not front the primary street (4) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed, covered, or open. (s) Service Standards (1) Services Including all utility access aboveground equipment and hash containers shall be located on an alley when present (2) Where an alley is not present utility access above ground equipment and trash containers shall be located in a side or rear yard, at least 10 feet behind the front of the house, and be screened from view from the sheet with a hedge or solid from (f) Open Space Standards (1)The common open space shall be designated as a central Courtyard. This area shall be at least 15 percent of the lot of a regular geometryand shall be open to the sky. (2) Minimum courtyard dimensions are 40 feetwhen the long axis ofthe courtyard Is oriented East/West and 30 fe stwhen the courtyard Is oriented NorMouth (3) In 40 foot wide courtyards heritages and architectural projections are permitted on two opposing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet is main- tained Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side ofa 30 loot wide courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 feet is maintained (4) Each dwelling shall have a private open space of at least 150 square feet which may be kscat- ed in a side yard, rear yard, or adjacent but separate from the courtyard. (5)The private open space shall be at least 10 feet in each direction and enclosed by a fence, wall orhedge. (6) Up to 50 percent of the private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common Interior space, the she of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum dimenslon of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. (7) Each unit shall be separated hom the adjacent dwelling by at least 10 feet (8) porches and stoops may encroach Into the required yard setbacks as permitted by the urban standards for the zone. (9) Private patios are permitted in any yard. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots Front yards trees shall not exceed 15 times the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins of the lot where they may be no more than 15 times the height of building at maturity. The trees shall beplanted at the rate of one (1) 361nch box bee per 25lineal feet of front yard The trees may be placed In groups In order to achieve a particular design, (2) At least one (1) 244nch canopy tree shall be provided in each unit mar yard for shade and pri- vacy. (3) Side yards over shall be placed a rate of one (1) 244nch box tree per 30 lineal feet to pmtect the privacy of nelghbom (4) Six (6) 5-gallon size throbs ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous permolaWshmbs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree, (5) One 364nch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimensions Above and to the left Illustrative Photos: Individual Muses hearing a court with the entry porch and/or Shop encroads- Ing Into the common space. 75G-42