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, service, or office uses on the ground floor, with upper Boors also configured for those uses or for residences. (b) lot Width and Depth The minimum and maximum lot Idth a d th i t I t d th h II b bed In T bi RT-1 Permitted a Ild' T ) (c Access Standards (1)The main entrance to each ground Floor unit shall be dhectlyfrom the street (2) Entrance to the residential portions shall be through a dedicated stmet4evel lobby, orthrough a dedicated podium lobbyaccessible from the street or through a sideyard (3) Access to each unit above the second level. notaccessed through a podium, shall be trough an Interior mnider of at least 6 feet In width with recessed doors orseating alcoeestofheb at at least 100 feet (4) Each level or the building shall have access to the garagevla an elevator. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required parking shag be accommodated In an underground garage, surface parldng, tuck under parking, or combination thereot (2) Dwellings shall have Indirect access to their parking=11(s). (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. (2) Mall boxes shall Out be located in any required open space, landscape or setback areas or detract from the primary entrance to the development (0 Open Space Standards (1)The common open space shall be a! ex side eid designed as a courtyard, or In the front as a forecourt This area shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and shall be open to the sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or on a podium. Side yards mayalso be formed to provide outdoor patios connected to ground floor commercial uses to serve as additional open space. (2) Minimum courtyard dimensions shall be 40 feet when the long axis of the courtyard is Od- ented EW and 30 feet fora INS onentaton. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between the width of the courtyard and the height of the building for at least 213 of the court's perimeter. Horizontal shifts in upper goon adjacent to a court may not exceed 1/2 the height of each upper floor. (3) In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and archhectural projections are permitted on two opposing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet Is main. talned. Frontages and architectural pmjecrons 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 50 square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet In each direction (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 (1) 364nch box canopy tree per 30lineal 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 (U 244nch boxtreeper300mmifeet (4) Where a front yard is present at least one (1) 24lnch box tree per 25 0nealfeet shall be plant- ed.The tees 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. dons. For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimenslon . two or more 24-mch box smager size trees may be substituted for the 364nch box tree. (6) Six (6) S-gallon sized shrubs, ten (10) onea3anon size herbaceous perennials shrubs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cowuhall be planted for awry required tree. (7) Where rear yards are present at least one (1) 364nch box casropy tree per 30 lineal feet shall be planted directlyin the ground. IN Frontage Standards (1) Entrance doors and social room; such as living moms and dining rooms located on the ground floor, are odented fronting toward the courtyardis) or street when fronting to one. (I) 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 of dwellings: Bats, townhouses and lofts (3) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by individual designs. (4) Buildings arc allowed to be composed of one dominant wlume. (5) The Flex Blocks shag comply witht the height tacos established In Table ST4 entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Flex Block Story. Table BT-0 Maxlmem Ratio of Each Flea Bbds Story STORY Ground Floor %ofg.,xinoor ilia% laa% BBgS%fNlll 4aBS% R)Ill roramypertentage" v 7 1 110%.t7mroenta mfm to the percentage of the ground floor. footprintof the buadhg area that h perminedfw tics pankubrstory. Illustrative Photo: Flex Block with s hopfront frontage 0) Accessory Dwellings Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted (k) Accessory Structures Accessory structures shall not be permitted 49 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California 7 5 G _ 5