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TRANSIT ZONING CODE :Architectural Standards -Building Types _ e� <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram: Lined Block <br />Illustrative Photo: Lined block with shopfront frontage <br />Sec 41-2023. Lined Block Building Type <br />(a) tined block is a building that conceals a public garage or other faceless building; designed for <br />occupancy by retail, service, or office uses on the ground floor, with upper Roars also configured <br />for such uses or re ldencev <br />(b) Lot Wldth and Depth <br />.The minimum and maximum lot <br />width and the minimum lot depth Shall beat prescribed InTableBT-1 (Permitteds.11dinaTyces), <br />(c) Access Standards <br />(1)The main entrance to each ground floor shag be Airectlyfrom the street <br />(2) Entrance to residential portlons of the building shall bethrough a dedicated street level lobby, <br />orthrough a dedicated podium lobby accessible from the street or through aside yard. <br />(3) Access to each unit above the second level, not accessed through a podium, shall bethrough <br />an Interior corridor of at least 6 feet In width with recessed doors or seating alcoves/offsets at <br />Last every IDO feet <br />(4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. <br />(d) Parking Standards <br />(1) Required parking shall be accommodated in an underground or above -ground garage, tuck <br />under parking, or a combination thereof. <br />(2) Dwellings shall have Indirect access to their parking stallb). <br />(d Service Standards <br />(1) Utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any <br />required landscape or setback area. <br />(2) Mall boxes shall not be located In any required open space, landscape or setback areas or <br />detract from the primary entrance to the development <br />(f) Open Space Standards <br />(1)The common open space shall beat she yeeronideyerddesigned as a courtyard. or in the <br />Ramat a f rrecourt.Thic area shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and shall be open to the <br />sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or on a podium Side yards may be formed to <br />provide outdoor patios connected to ground floor commercial uses. <br />(2) Minimum courtyard dimension shall be 20 feet when the long axis of the courtyard is oriented <br />EW and 15 feet for a US orientation. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between <br />the width of the courtyard and the height of the building for at least 213 of the courts Perim. <br />star. Horizontal shifts in upper flown adjacent to a court shall not exceed 1/2 the height of <br />each upper floor. <br />(3) In 20 fact wide courtyard; frontages and architectural projections are permined on two <br />opposing sides of the Courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 20 feet N main. <br />trained. Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side of a 15 foot wide <br />courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 15 feet Is maintained. <br />(4) Private open space shall be provided for each residential unit and shall be no less than 50 <br />square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet In each direction. <br />(5) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common Into. <br />dorspace the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space The mini. <br />mum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />(g) Landscape Standards <br />(1) Where a front yard Is present, one (1) 24•box sir- tree per 25lineal feet shall be provided.The <br />tree may be placed in groups In order to achieve a particular design. <br />(2) Six (6) S-gallon size shrub; ten (10) one-gallo t sae herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or <br />acceptable dry cl'uute ground cover shag be planted for every required tree <br />(3) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation of forced podium <br />hardscape. <br />(4) Trees In the front yard shall be of small scale that do not exceed 12-IS' height at maturity and <br />suitable for butft4n Concrete planters or containers with a 364nches minimum width <br />(5) One 364nch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimen- <br />sion For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimension; two or mom244nch box smaller <br />size treat may beSubstituted for the 364nch box time. <br />(6) Where rear yards are present at least one (1) 364nch box canopy tree per 30lineal feet shall <br />be planted directly in the ground <br />(T) When side yards arc present at least one (1) 244nch box tree per 30 gneal feet shall be plant. <br />ed W protect privacy of neighbon.The Dees maybe placed In groups In order to achieve a <br />particular design, <br />(h): Frontage Standards <br />(1) Entrance doors are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(j) or the great when fronting to <br />60 Building Size and Massing Standards <br />(1) Each unit shag have at least one side exposed to the outdoors with direct access to common <br />or private open space <br />W Buildings may contain any of three types of dwellings, flat; townhouses and lofts <br />(3) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by Individual designs. <br />(4) Buildings may be Composed of one dominant volume. <br />(5) A Lined Block shall comply with the height ptios establul ed In Table BT-5, entitled Maximum <br />Ratio for Each Lined Nock Story. <br />Table BT-S <br />Maximum Ratio ofeach Lined Block St <br />Linedory <br />STORY <br />Ground Floor <br />%o19"ard! <br />flombytmry <br />I <br />toast <br />assslq <br />ae6is6 <br />Ill Fa arryperzenbge kssthan lW9; the percennge relers to Ne percenuge of the ground /bar <br />footpintof Uiebuildn9 area tlMtis pemdtted fw N6ltanicuWr story. <br />(0 AccessoryDwellings Accessorydwellings shag not bepermitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not be permitted <br />49 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br />City of Santa Ana, California 7 5 G_ 5 A <br />